Link between Cathodoluminescence and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy and the Radiative and Full Electromagnetic Local Density of States

ACS Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1619-1627

  Losquin, Arthur ^a   Kociak, Mathieu ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

cathodoluminescence; electromagnetic local density of states; electron energy loss spectroscopy; nanooptics; plasmonics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMONS; SAILING VESSELS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANOOPTICS; PLASMONICS; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; QUASISTATIC APPROXIMATIONS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84947968282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00416     Document Type: Article

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