Light scattering and surface plasmons on small spherical particles

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fan, Xiaofeng ^a   Zheng, Weitao ^a   Singh, David J ^a,b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

light scattering; Mie theory; nano optics; small particles; surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE SCATTERING;

EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MIE THEORY; NANO OPTICS; SCATTERING BY SMALL PARTICLE; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SMALL PARTICLES; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SURFACE PLASMONS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; SENSING TECHNIQUES; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 84902133455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2014.60     Document Type: Review

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