Full-wave electromagentic analysis of a plasmonic nanoparticle separated from a plasmonic film by a thin spacer layer

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 19970-19989

  Trivedi, Rahul ^a   Thomas, Arun ^a   Dhawan, Anuj ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC SPACERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES;

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EID: 84906766341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.019970     Document Type: Article

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