Table 1.

Optimized shape parameters (Figs. 2 and 4) of gold nanoparticles in the two therapeutic cases: case 1, the nanoparticles are embedded in skin dermis, using 633 nm illumination wavelength; case 2, the nanoparticles are embedded in subcutaneous fat, using 800 nm illumination wavelength.

Shape		λ =633 nm		λ =800 nm
		Parallel polarization	Circular polarization	Parallel polarization	Circular polarization
Spheroid a	D1 (nm)	51	52	74	79
	D2 (nm)	28	29	22	24
	Qabs	12.6	6.3	25.4	12.6
Capped cylinder a	L (nm)	19	18	42	44
	D (nm)	26	24	19	19
	Qabs	12.9	6.6	27.7	14.4
Cylinder a	L (nm)	30	30	49	49
	D (nm)	24	24	18	17
	Qabs	12.2	6.4	28.1	14.2
Nanoshell b	r1 (nm)	14		22
	e (nm)	6		3.5
	Qabs	9.2		11.8
Hollow nanosphere b	r1 (nm)	14		20
	e (nm)	5		2.5
	Qabs	10.1		13.6

^a: DDA is used to evaluate Q_abs;

^b: the full Mie theory and linear polarization are used to evaluate Q_abs.