Plasmonics simulations with the MNPBEM toolbox: Consideration of substrates and layer structures

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 193, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-150

  Waxenegger, Jürgen ^a   Trügler, Andreas ^a   Hohenester, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Metallic nanoparticles; Plasmonics; Substrates and layer structures

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMONICS; SAILING VESSELS; SUBSTRATES;

EFFICIENT SIMULATION; INHOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRICS; LAYER STRUCTURES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; SCALAR AND VECTOR POTENTIALS;

PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84929842476     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2015.03.023     Document Type: Article

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