Title :
Depolarization characteristics of non spherical gold nano particles
Author :
Swami, M.K. ; Patel, H.S. ; Uppal, A. ; Kushwaha, P.K. ; Gupta, Pragya Kirti
Author_Institution :
Laser Biomed. Applic. & Instrumentations Div., Raja Ramanna Centre for Adv. Technol., Indore, India
Abstract :
Mueller matrix measurements on non-spherical nano-particles (rods, tetra-pods, flowers and stars) reveal that rods result in highest depolarization and that the depolarization is larger for circularly polarized light compared to that for linearly polarized light.
Keywords :
gold; infrared spectra; light polarisation; nanoparticles; nanorods; visible spectra; Au; Mueller matrix measurements; circularly polarized light; depolarization characteristics; nanoflowers; nanorods; nanostars; nanotetrapods; nonspherical gold nanoparticles;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
