Electron confinement effects in silver nanocluster embedded in sodalime glasses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6996, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Speranza, G ^a   Minati, L ^a   Chiappini, A ^b   Chiasera, A ^b   Arfuso Duverger, C ^c   Ferrari, M ^b   Righini, G C ^d,e  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b IFN CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^d IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erbium; Optical spectroscopy; Silicate glasses; Silver; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; GLASS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NONMETALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; SILICON; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL PROCESSING; CHEMICAL STATES; ELECTRON CONFINEMENTS; ERBIUM; GLASSY MATRICES; HOST MATRICES; NANO CLUSTERS; OPTICAL RESPONSES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SILICATE GLASSES; SILICON PHOTONICS; SILVER CONCENTRATION; SODA-LIME; SPECTRAL FEATURES; STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS; TELECOM APPLICATIONS;

SILVER;

EID: 50249096727     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.781372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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