Optical transport and sensing in plexcitonic nanocavities

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 15847-15858

  Pérez González, Olalla ^a,b   Aizpurua, Javier ^b   Zabala, Nerea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; RESONANCE;

DIMER PLASMONS; EXCITONIC TRANSITION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INDIVIDUAL NANOPARTICLES; NANO-CAVITIES; OPTICAL TRANSPORT; RELATIVE INTENSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84879990803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.015847     Document Type: Article

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