Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy of Multipolar Edge and Cavity Modes in Silver Nanosquares

ACS Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 428-433

  Bellido, Edson P ^a   Manjavacas, Alejandro ^b   Zhang, Yue ^c   Cao, Yang ^c   Nordlander, Peter ^c   Botton, Gianluigi A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cavity modes; edge modes; electron energy loss spectroscopy; local density of states; silver nanosquares.; surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CAVITY MODE; EDGE MODES; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; SURFACE PLASMONS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84962265046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00594     Document Type: Article

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