Enhancement of light emission from nanostructured In2O 3 via surface plasmons

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 23385-23394

  Qiu, Dongjiang ^a   Wan, Zhengfen ^a   Cai, Xikun ^a   Yuan, Zijian ^a   Hu, Lian ^a   Zhang, Bingpo ^a   Cai, Chunfeng ^a   Wu, Huizhen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS;

BI-LAYER STRUCTURE; COMMONLY USED; CROSS-COUPLINGS; EFFECTIVE COUPLING; IN-PLANE; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; METAL LAYER; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOMATERIAL; RESONANCE CONDITION; SURFACE PLASMONS; WAVE VECTOR;

LIGHT;

EID: 78149389855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.023385     Document Type: Article

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