Light-induced metallization in laser-deposited gallium films

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 331-334

  MacDonald, Kevin F ^a   Fedotov, Vassili A ^a   Eason, Robert W ^a   Zheludev, Nikolay I ^a   Rode, Andrei V ^b   Luther Davies, Barry ^b   Emel'yanov, Vladimir I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; GALLIUM; METALLIC FILMS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

LIGHT-INDUCED METALLIZATION;

METALLIZING;

EID: 0001182862     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000331     Document Type: Article

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