Casimir force calculations near the insulator-conductor transition in gold thin films

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Esquivel Sirvent, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; GOLD;

GOLD THIN FILMS; INSULATOR-CONDUCTOR TRANSITION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 42449088461     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.042107     Document Type: Article

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