Theoretical analysis of hot electron collection in metal-insulator-metal devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8111, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wang, Fuming ^a   Melosh, Nicholas A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conversion; Hot electron; MIM devices; Surface plasmons; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

COUPLING SYSTEMS; DIRECT ILLUMINATION; ELECTRON COLLECTIONS; GRATING STRUCTURES; INSULATING BARRIERS; METAL INSULATOR METALS; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; POWER GENERATION EFFICIENCY; SPATIAL LOCALIZATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN INSULATING BARRIERS; VISIBLE FREQUENCIES;

ELECTRONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; HOT ELECTRONS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 80054081249     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.894250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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