Anisotropic plasmonic Cu nanoparticles in sol-gel oxide nanopillars studied by spectroscopic Mueller matrix ellipsometry

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 30796-30811

  Ghadyani, Z ^a   Kildemo, M ^a   Aas, L M S ^a   Cohin, Y ^b   Sondergard E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CU NANO-PARTICLES; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ELLIPSOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ION SPUTTERING; MUELLER MATRIX ELEMENTS; MUELLER MATRIX ELLIPSOMETRY; PLASMON RESONANCES; SPECTRAL POSITION;

SOL-GEL PROCESS;

EID: 84890487984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.030796     Document Type: Article

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