Review of mid-infrared plasmonic materials

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhong, Yujun ^a   Malagari, Shyamala Devi ^a   Hamilton, Travis ^a   Wasserman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

mid infrared; optical materials; optics; photonics; plasmonics

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICS; PEROVSKITE; PHOTONICS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; SILICIDES; SILICON CARBIDE; SPACE TELESCOPES; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

DOPED SEMICONDUCTORS; IR WAVELENGTHS; MID IR WAVELENGTH; MIDINFRARED; PHONON RESONANCE; PLASMONIC DEVICES; TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

PLASMONICS;

EID: 84922572685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.9.093791     Document Type: Review

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