Ultrathin, ultrasmooth, and low-loss silver films via wetting and annealing

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Chen, W ^a   Chen, K P ^a   Thoreson, M D ^b   Kildishev, A V ^a   Shalaev, V M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ANNEALING EFFECTS; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; BULK MATERIALS; LOW LOSS; MULTILAYER COMPOSITE FILMS; SILVER FILM; ULTRA SMOOTH SURFACE; ULTRA-THIN; WETTING LAYER;

ANNEALING; COMPOSITE FILMS; GERMANIUM; METALLIC FILMS; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; WETTING;

SILVER;

EID: 78649550892     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3514257     Document Type: Article

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