Superior local conductivity in self-organized nanodots on indium-tin-oxide films induced by femtosecond laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 24286-24297

  Wang, Chih ^a   Wang, Hsuan I ^a   Tang, Wei Tsung ^a   Luo, Chih Wei ^a   Kobayashi, Takayoshi ^a,b   Leu, Jihperng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM; TIN; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EFFECTIVE VOLUME; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ITO FILMS; LASER-INDUCED RIPPLES; NANODOTS; SURFACE RIPPLES;

OXIDE FILMS;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LASERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 82055170315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.024286     Document Type: Article

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