Effects of classical nonlocality on the optical response of three-dimensional plasmonic nanodimers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2731-2736

  Ciracì, Cristian ^a   Urzhumov, Yaroslav ^a   Smith, David R ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS;

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; MODELING TECHNIQUE; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM TUNNELING EFFECTS; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84885463354     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.002731     Document Type: Article

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