Light confinement and absorption in metal-semiconductor-metal nanostructures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5734, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Collin, Stéphane ^a   Pardo, Fabrice ^a   Teissier, Roland ^a,b   Bardou, Nathalie ^a   Dupuis, Christophe ^a   Mahe, Ronan ^a   Ferlazzo, Laurence ^a   Cambril, Edmond ^a   Thierry Mieg, Véronique ^a   Lemaître, Aristide ^a   Pelouard, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Grating; Light confinement; Metal semiconducteur metal; Metallic nanostructures; Photodetector; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS;

GRATING; LIGHT CONFINEMENT; METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR-METAL; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE-PLASMON;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 23744437473     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.597202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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