Published November 21, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of interband electronic transitions on the optical absorption in metallic nanoparticles

  • 1. I. Physikalisches Institut 1A, RWTH Aachen, Postfach, 52056 Aachen (Germany)

Description

Electronic interband transitions influence the surface plasmon resonance in metallic nanoparticles significantly. We derive expressions for the resonance frequency, the bandwidth and the maximum of the light absorption cross section of noble metal nanoparticles, taking into account the interband transitions in the dielectric function. We propose a simple method for determining the width of the plasmon resonance based on an analysis of the dielectric permittivity of the constituent metal

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0022-3727/37/3133/d4_22_012.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics (ISSN 1361-6463) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
22
Journal Page Range
p. 3133-3139
ISSN
0022-3727
CODEN
JPAPBE