Rectification properties of geometrically asymmetric metal-vacuum-metal junctions: A comparison of tungsten and silver tips to determine the effects of polarization resonances

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 39, 2009, Pages

  Mayer, A ^a   Cutler, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC COMPONENTS; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EXTERNAL LOADS; EXTERNAL SIGNALS; METAL JUNCTIONS; OPTICAL DOMAINS; RECTIFICATION PROPERTIES; RECTIFICATION RATIO; TRANSFER MATRIXES; VISIBLE RANGE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; POLARIZATION; SILVER; TUNGSTEN; VACUUM;

METALS;

EID: 70349578035     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/39/395304     Document Type: Article

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