Cooperative plasmon-mediated effects and loss compensation by gain dyes near a metal nanoparticle

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-193

  Pustovit, Vitaliy ^a,b   Capolino, Filippo ^c   Aradian, Ashod ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DYES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COOPERATIVE COUPLING; DIRECT RESPONSE; INTRABAND RELAXATION; LOSS COMPENSATION; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; POLARIZABILITIES; RESONANCE FREQUENCY SHIFT; UNIFIED THEORY;

SURFACE PLASMONS;

EID: 84924286501     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: 15208540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.32.000188     Document Type: Article

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