Power-independent wavelength determination by hot carrier collection in metal-insulator-metal devices

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Fuming ^a   Melosh, Nicholas A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

DECONVOLUTION; INSULATION; LIGHT EFFECT; METAL; SIGNAL; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; DEVICES; INSULATOR ELEMENT; OPTICS; POWER SUPPLY;

EID: 84877750213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2728     Document Type: Article

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