Aluminum nanoparticles for plasmon-improved coupling of light into silicon

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Villesen, T F ^a   Uhrenfeldt, Christian ^a   Johansen, B ^a   Hansen, J Lundsgaard ^a   Ulriksen, H U ^b   Larsen, Arne Nylandsted ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; AL-NANOPARTICLES; ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES; BLUE SHIFT; NANODISCS;

ALUMINUM; DIODES; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON;

SILVER;

ALUMINUM; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84856836158     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/8/085202     Document Type: Article

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