Self-sifting of chain plasmons: The complex optics of Au nanoparticle clusters

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 32377-32385

  Herrmann, L O ^a   Valev, V K ^a   Aizpurua, J ^b   Baumberg, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; ELECTRICAL FIELD; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LARGE-SCALE FABRICATION; OPTICAL RESPONSE; RESONANT COUPLINGS; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; SUBNANOMETER GAPS;

NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GOLD; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84891809406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.032377     Document Type: Article

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