Searching for better plasmonic materials

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 795-808

  West, Paul R ^a   Ishii, Satoshi ^a   Naik, Gururaj V ^a   Emani, Naresh K ^a   Shalaev, Vladimir M ^a   Boltasseva, Alexandra ^a,b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Band engineering; Low loss plasmonics; Metamaterials; Nanofabrication; Nanophotonics; Quality factor; Sub wavelength imaging; Transformation optics

Indexed keywords

BAND-ENGINEERING; LOW LOSS; NANOFABRICATION; QUALITY FACTORS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; LIGHT; MERGING; METALS; METAMATERIALS; MOTIVATION; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOPHOTONICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

PLASMONS;

EID: 77958496264     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200900055     Document Type: Review

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