Metal-coated zinc oxide nanocavities

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-251

  Ni, Chi Yu Adrian ^a   Chang, Shu Wei ^a   Gargas, Daniel J ^b   Moore, Michael C ^b   Yang, Peidong ^b   Chuang, Shun Lien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain; nanocavities; plasmonics; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LOSS; CONFINEMENT FACTOR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; LOW RADIATION; MATERIAL GAIN; METAL LOSS; METAL-COATED; NANO-CAVITIES; PLASMONIC; PLASMONICS; QUALITY FACTORS; SMALL CAVITIES; ZNO;

ALUMINUM COATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METALLIC FILMS; PLASMONS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SILVER; SURFACE WAVES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

METALS;

EID: 78751669219     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2073680     Document Type: Article

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