Creation of conduction limited sphere Creation of conduction limited sphere Thermal accommodation experiment Thermal accommodation experiment SEM of nanowire on sphere surface SEM of nanowire on sphere surface Thermal accommodation experiment Thermal accommodation experiment Invasive loss addition for coupling regime Precessional mode sphere 15:1 aspect ratio rods on sphere surface Scope trace of microsphere mode Lattice structure of gold nanorods Gold nanowires on sphere surface Thermal lensing in nanoparticle solution Fiber coupled polarization detector array DPSS 532-nm pump laser Thermal experiment in old chamber Thermal experiment in old chamber Creation of thermal conduction isolated sphere Creation of thermal conduction isolated sphere Configuring the Ti:sapphire laser Fundamental fiber mode profile Thermal conduction isolated sphere (prototype) SEM of gold nanowire oh sphere surface Placing nanowire on sphere surface SEM of sphere with broken stem SEM of contaminant on sphere surface High-AR Nanorods