Effective permittivity of ultrathin chemical vapor deposited gold films on optical fibers at infrared wavelengths

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 670-678

  Zhou, Wenjun ^a   Mandia, David J ^a   Griffiths, Matthew B E ^a   Barry, Seán T ^a   Albert, Jacques ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITED; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; OUT-OF-PLANE COMPONENTS; PARTICLE ASPECT RATIOS; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FILM PREPARATION; GOLD COMPOUNDS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS;

GOLD;

EID: 84892593746     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410937f     Document Type: Article

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