Thermodynamic limit to photonic-plasmonic light-trapping in thin films on metals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Schiff, E A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; DIFFUSE LIGHT; DISSIPATION RATES; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METAL INTERFACE; NONRESONANT; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; PLASMONIC; RESONANT ENHANCEMENTS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PLASMON FREQUENCY; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS; THIN SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METALS; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

PLASMONS;

EID: 82555186563     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3658848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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