Spatial evolution of the near-field distribution on planar gold nanoparticles with the excitation wavelength across dipole and quadrupole modes

Jinghuan Yang; Quan Sun; Han Yu; Kosei Ueno; Hiroaki Misawa; Qihuang Gong

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000187

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