Femtosecond laser welded nanostructures and plasmonic devices

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hu, A ^a   Peng, P ^a   Alarifi, H ^a   Zhang, X Y ^b   Guo, J Y ^b   Zhou, Y ^a   Duley, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

femtosecond laser; nanowelding; plasmonics

Indexed keywords

AG/AU NANO-PARTICLES; AU NANOPARTICLE; AVERAGE SIZE; FUSION WELDING; HIGH INTENSITY; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; LASER ANNEALING; LASER INTENSITIES; LOW-INTENSITY; NANO-DEVICES; NANOWELDING; NONTHERMAL; PHOTOFRAGMENTATION; PLASMONIC DEVICES; PLASMONICS; SOLID-STATE DIFFUSION; SURFACE ENHANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

GOLD;

EID: 84864149489     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.3695174     Document Type: Review

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