Spontaneous emission rate enhancement of silicon nanocrystals by plasmonic bandgap on copper Grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1420-1430

  Feng, Xue ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Huang, Yidong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Band gap; Copper; Metallic grating; Spontaneous emission; Surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ENERGY GAP; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONICS; SILICON;

DISPERSION RELATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY RANGES; METALLIC GRATINGS; SILICON INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION RATES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EID: 77951780230     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2042788     Document Type: Article

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