Microarrays of silver nanowires embedded in anodic alumina membrane templates: Size dependence of polarization characteristics

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-304

  Zhang, Junxi ^a   Yan, Youguo ^a   Cao, Xueli ^a   Zhang, Lide ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC POLARIZATION; INSERTION LOSSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SILVER;

OPTICAL LOSSES; POLARIZED WAVES; SILVER NANOWIRES; SPECTRAL RANGE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 31344436705     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.000297     Document Type: Article

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