Electric field-assisted formation of percolated silver nanolayers inside glass

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1266-1274

  Abdolvand, Amin ^a   Podlipensky, Alexander ^a   Seifert, Gerhard ^a   Graener, Heinrich ^a   Deparis, Olivier ^b   Kazansky, Peter G ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIRECT CURRENT (DC); INTERFERENTIAL COLORS; METALLIC INCLUSION; PERCOLATED SILVER NANOLAYERS;

GLASS;

EID: 14744305628     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001266     Document Type: Article

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