Amplification of hot electron flow by the surface plasmon effect on metal-insulator-metal nanodiodes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 44, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Changhwan ^a,b   Nedrygailov, Ievgen I ^a,b   Keun Lee, Young ^a,b   Ahn, Changui ^b   Lee, Hyosun ^a,b   Jeon, Seokwoo ^b   Young Park, Jeong ^a,b  

^a Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

hot electron; Schottky diode; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; MIM DEVICES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLASMONS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EXPONENTIAL DEPENDENCE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METAL INSULATOR METALS; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL STRUCTURES; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SURFACE PLASMON EFFECTS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

HOT ELECTRONS;

EID: 84944339587     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/44/445201     Document Type: Article

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