Title :
Extraordinary polarization sensitivity of nanoparticle arrays to structural asymmetry
Author :
Canfield, Brian K. ; Kujala, Sami ; Kauranen, Martti ; Jefimovs, Konstantins ; Vallius, Tuomas ; Turunen, Jari
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Tampere Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
Polarized linear transmission measurements reveal that very small structural asymmetries in arrays of L-shaped gold nanoparticles induce disproportionately large deviations of the primary absorption directions from the expected directions and also manifest optical activity
Keywords :
gold; light polarisation; light transmission; nanoparticles; optical arrays; optical rotation; L-shaped gold nanoparticles; extraordinary polarization sensitivity; nanoparticle arrays; optical activity; polarized linear transmission measurements; structural asymmetry;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
