Optical attenuation of plasmonic nanocomposites within photonic devices

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 6417-6427

  Forcherio, Gregory T ^a   Roper, D Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPACITY; PLASMONS; REFLECTION;

DESIGN AND INTEGRATIONS; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; NANOPARTICLE DENSITY; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; VISUAL SPECIFICATION;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 84884149970     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.006417     Document Type: Article

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