Tuning of spectral and angular distribution of scattering from single gold nanoparticles by subwavelength interference layers

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 570-577

  Wirth, J ^a   Garwe, F ^a   Bergmann, J ^a   Paa, W ^a   Csaki, A ^a   Stranik, O ^a   Fritzsche, W ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

fs laser pulse; gold film; interference; light scattering; Plasmonic nanoparticles; PMMA; point spread function; polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894169943     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl4037438     Document Type: Article

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