Regular arrays of Al nanoparticles for plasmonic applications

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Schade, Martin ^a   Fuhrmann, Bodo ^a   Bohley, Christian ^a   Schlenker, Sven ^a   Sardana, Neha ^a   Schilling, Jörg ^a   Leipner, Hartmut S ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

AL-NANOPARTICLES; DIFFERENT SIZES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LASER INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHY; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PHOTONIC APPLICATION; POLARIZATION VECTORS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84896771628     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4867369     Document Type: Article

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