Title :
Large increase in spectral continuum generation efficiency of silver and gold semicontinuous films near the percolation threshold
Author :
Nelson, Mark A. ; Ying, Z. Charles ; Bouhelier, Alexandre
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. Eng., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM
Abstract :
Photoluminescence continuum generation from semicontinuous silver and gold films was observed between 500 and 1050 nm, with efficiency much higher near the percolation threshold and with similar spectral dependence for the two metals
Keywords :
gold; infrared spectra; metallic thin films; optical films; percolation; photoluminescence; silver; two-photon processes; visible spectra; 500 to 1050 nm; Ag; Au; gold semicontinuous films; percolation threshold; photoluminescence; silver semicontinuous films; spectral continuum generation efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
