Pressure-assisted melt-filling and optical characterization of Au nano-wires in microstructured fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 12180-12189

  Lee, H W ^a   Schmidt, M A ^a   Russell, R F ^a   Joly, N Y ^a   Tyagi, H K ^a   Uebel, P ^a   Russell, P J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLING; GLASS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOWIRES; PLASMONS; SILICA; WIRE;

AT RESONANCE; AT-WAVELENGTH; CORE MODES; EIGEN MODES; FILLING PRESSURES; GOLD NANOWIRE; IN-FIELD; METALLIC NANOWIRES; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; NEAR-FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPE; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL QUALITIES; OPTICAL SENSING; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM; PLASMONICS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SILICA FIBERS; SINGLE MODE; STEP-INDEX FIBERS; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; WIRE DIAMETER;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

GLASS; GOLD; NANOWIRE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GLASS; GOLD; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOWIRES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 79959488239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.012180     Document Type: Article

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