Plasmonic and photonic scattering and near fields of nanoparticles

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Schmid, Martina ^a   Andrae, Patrick ^a   Manley, Phillip ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

FEM simulations; Mie theory; Nanoparticles; Near field; Photonics; Plasmonics; Scattering; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONICS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; SCATTERING; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

COMBINED INFORMATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC NEAR FIELDS; FEM SIMULATIONS; FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; MIE THEORY; NEAR FIELDS; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; SPECIFIC OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84897787912     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-50     Document Type: Article

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