Theoretical predictions for hot-carrier generation from surface plasmon decay

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sundararaman, Ravishankar ^a   Narang, Prineha ^a,b   Jermyn, Adam S ^a   Goddard Iii, William A ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; GOLD; METAL;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MOMENTUM; ORIENTATION; PLASMA; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THICKNESS;

EID: 84922644562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6788     Document Type: Article

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