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@article{sonnichsen_drastic_2002,
	title = {Drastic {Reduction} of {Plasmon} {Damping} in {Gold} {Nanorods}},
	volume = {88},
	url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.077402},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.077402},
	abstract = {The dephasing of particle plasmons is investigated using light-scattering spectroscopy on individual gold nanoparticles. We find a drastic reduction of the plasmon dephasing rate in nanorods as compared to small nanospheres due to a suppression of interband damping. The rods studied here also show very little radiation damping, due to their small volumes. These findings imply large local-field enhancement factors and relatively high light-scattering efficiencies, making metal nanorods extremely interesting for optical applications. Comparison with theory shows that pure dephasing and interface damping give negligible contributions to the total plasmon dephasing rate.},
	number = {7},
	urldate = {2013-07-26TZ},
	journal = {Physical Review Letters},
	author = {Sönnichsen, C. and Franzl, T. and Wilk, T. and von Plessen, G. and Feldmann, J. and Wilson, O. and Mulvaney, P.},
	month = jan,
	year = {2002},
	pages = {077402}
}