Polarisation charges and scattering behaviour of realistically rounded plasmonic nanostructures

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 21500-21507

  Raziman, T V ^a   Martin, Olivier J F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAR FIELD; NEAR-FIELD PROPERTIES; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANORODS; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84884541618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.021500     Document Type: Article

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