Compound figure of merit for photonic applications of metal nanocomposites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Garcia, Hernando ^a   Krishna, Hare ^b   Kalyanaraman, Ramki ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIGURE OF MERIT (FOMC); METAL NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTON ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONS; THERMOANALYSIS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33749459487     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2358209     Document Type: Article

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