Narrowband photodetection in the near-infrared with a plasmon-induced hot electron device

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sobhani, Ali ^a,b   Knight, Mark W ^a,b   Wang, Yumin ^a,b   Zheng, Bob ^a,b   King, Nicholas S ^a,b   Brown, Lisa V ^b   Fang, Zheyu ^a,b,c   Nordlander, Peter ^a,b   Halas, Naomi J ^a,b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMA; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; OSCILLATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SENSOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84875773061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2642     Document Type: Article

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