Surface plasmon polariton model of high-spatial frequency laser-induced periodic surface structure generation in silicon

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Straub, M ^a   Afshar, M ^a   Feili, D ^a   Seidel, H ^a   Konig K ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSE ELECTRON-HOLE PLASMAS; FOCAL SPOT; LASER INDUCED; LASER-INDUCED PERIODIC SURFACE STRUCTURES; SI(100) SURFACE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; ULTRASHORT-PULSED LASER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PLASMA WAVES; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84863522462     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4730381     Document Type: Article

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