DocumentCode
1693198
Title
Metal nitrides for plasmonic applications
Author
Naik, Gururaj V. ; Schroeder, Jeremy ; Guler, Urcan ; Ni, Xingjie ; Kildishev, Alexander V. ; Sands, Timothy D. ; Boltasseva, Alexandra
Author_Institution
Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Metal nitrides as alternatives to metals such as gold could offer many advantages when used as plasmonic material. We show that transition metal nitrides can replace metals providing equally good optical performance for many plasmonic applications.
Keywords
hafnium compounds; nanoparticles; surface plasmon resonance; tantalum compounds; thin films; titanium compounds; zirconium compounds; HfN; TaN; TiN; ZrN; gold; optical performance; plasmonic material; transition metal nitrides; Dielectrics; Gold; Optical films; Plasmons; Tin;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6327174
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