Enhanced refractive index sensitivity of elevated short-range ordered nanohole arrays in optically thin plasmonic Au films

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 14763-14770

  Bochenkov, Vladimir E ^a,b   Frederiksen, Maj ^a   Sutherland, Duncan S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LITHOGRAPHY; PLASMONS;

COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; NANOHOLE ARRAYS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY INCREASE; SHORT-RANGE ORDERED; SUBSTRATE EFFECTS; SUBSTRATE SURFACE;

GOLD;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NANOPORE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; REFRACTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; METHODOLOGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84879391931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.014763     Document Type: Article

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