Surface plasmon dependence on the electron density profile at metal surfaces

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9558-9566

  David, Christin ^a,b   García De Abajo, F Javier ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

hydrodynamic model; nonlocal effects; plasmons; smooth density profile; spatial dispersion

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METALS; PLASMONS;

CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; DENSITY PROFILE; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INHOMOGENEOUS DENSITY; NON-LOCAL EFFECT; SPATIAL DISPERSION;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84919831573     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5038527     Document Type: Article

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