• DocumentCode
    500013
  • Title

    Effect of low temperature on surface plasmon polaritons in silver films

  • Author

    Mayy, M. ; Zhu, G. ; Mayy, E. ; Yakim, A. ; Webb, A. ; Livenere, J. ; Li, H. ; Bobb, D. ; Noginov, M.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Mater. Res., Norfolk State Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have studied the effect of low temperature on the surface plasmon polariton loss and DC resistivity in silver films. We infer that a sizable loss reduction can be obtained in films of higher quality.
  • Keywords
    electrical resistivity; metallic thin films; polaritons; silver; surface plasmons; Ag; DC resistivity; loss reduction; silver films; surface plasmon polariton loss; Conductivity; Dielectric losses; Optical attenuators; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical sensors; Permittivity; Plasmons; Silver; Temperature; (160.3900) Metals; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225392