Influence of cross sectional geometry on surface plasmon polariton propagation in gold nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 572-580

  Nauert, Scott ^a   Paul, Aniruddha ^a   Zhen, Yu Rong ^a   Solis, David ^b   Vigderman, Leonid ^a   Chang, Wei Shun ^a   Zubarev, Eugene R ^a   Nordlander, Peter ^a,b   Link, Stephan ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

cross sectional geometry; gold nanowires; plasmon propagation; plasmonic waveguides; surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

CROSSSECTIONAL GEOMETRY; GOLD NANOWIRE; PLASMON PROPAGATION; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETS; GEOMETRY; GOLD; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARTICLE OPTICS; STARS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84893478190     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405183r     Document Type: Article

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