Accessing the optical properties of single nanoobjects at the nanometer scale through fast electron based spectroscopies
Proceedings article published in 2014 by
Arthur Losquin,
Luiz F. Zagonel,
Viktor Myroshnychenko,
Benito Rodriguez-Gonzalez 
,
F. Javier Garcia de Abajo,
Marcel Tencé,
Luis M. Liz Marzan,
F. Javier García de Abajo,
F. Javier Garcia de Abajo,
Odile Stéphan,
Mathieu Kociak,
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,
F. Javier Garcia de Abajo,
Marcel Tencé,
Luis M. Liz Marzan,
F. Javier García de Abajo,
F. Javier Garcia de Abajo,
Odile Stéphan,
Mathieu Kociak,
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Abstract
Fast electron based spectroscopies are often loosely compared to light scattering. By performing Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy and Cathodoluminescence on single metallic nanoobjects, we show that these techniques are nanometric probes of extinction and scattering.