Atomic-scale photonic hybrids for mid-infrared and terahertz nanophotonics

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-15

  Caldwell, Joshua D ^a   Vurgaftman, Igor ^a   Tischler, Joseph G ^a   Glembocki, Orest J ^a   Owrutsky, Jeffrey C ^a   Reinecke, Thomas L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HYBRID MATERIALS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT; MIXTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; NANOSCALE DIMENSIONS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; SURFACE PHONON-POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT;

NANOPHOTONICS;

BORON; GRAPHENE;

ATOMIC PARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HYBRID; OPTICS; PHONON; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PHONON POLARITON; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TERAHERTZ NANOPHOTONIC; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84954200861     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.305     Document Type: Review

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