Long-range surface polaritons in ultra-thin films of silicon

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19674-19685

  Giannini, V ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Forcales, M ^a   Rivas, J Gómez ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICON; THIN FILMS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); IMAGINARY PARTS; LONG RANGE SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; LONG-RANGE SURFACE POLARITONS; SURFACE POLARITON MODES; SURFACE POLARITONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 56749092195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019674     Document Type: Article

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