@article {Mendes2009,
	title = {{Plasmonic light enhancement in the near-field of metallic nanospheroids for application in intermediate band solar cells}},
	journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
	volume = {95},
	number = {7},
	year = {2009},
	note = {n/a},
	pages = {71105},
	abstract = {<p>In order to enhance infrared light absorption in sub-bandgap transitions in an intermediate band solar cell, the scattered near-field potential from uncoated and coated metallic nanoparticles with a spheroidal shape is calculated with the electrostatic model. The absorption enhancement produced at the surface plasmon frequency of the nanoparticles can be of several orders of magnitude in some cases.</p>
},
	keywords = {APL, CURRENTS, EFFICIENCY, energy gap, nanoparticles, PHOTONS, Plasmonics, Solar cells, Surface plasmons},
	isbn = {0003-6951},
	doi = {071105
10.1063/1.3205470},
	author = {Mendes, MJ and Luque, A and Tobias, I and Marti, A}
}
