Localized surface plasmon resonances in the ultraviolet from large scale nanostructured aluminum films

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 954-959

  Martin, Jérôme ^a   Proust, Julien ^a   Gérard, Davy ^a   Plain, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FILM; ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES; DENSE LAYER; EXTINCTION MEASUREMENTS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MIE THEORY; NANO-STRUCTURED; PREPARATION METHOD;

ALUMINUM; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84880422983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.000954     Document Type: Article

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