Title :
Ultrathin and smooth aluminum-doped Silver based meta-material with low loss and homogeneous response
Author :
Cheng Zhang ; Long Chen ; Xi Chen ; Yang Yang ; Dewei Zhao ; Guo, L. Jay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Wetting-layer-free, ultra-thin and smooth Silver film is achieved by doping Aluminum in film deposition. Hyperbolic meta-material using Al-doped Ag films shows high transmittance and homogeneous response.
Keywords :
aluminium; infrared spectra; metallic thin films; optical metamaterials; silver; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; Ag:Al; aluminum-doped silver based meta-material; film deposition; homogeneous response; hyperbolic meta-material; low loss response; smooth silver film; transmittance; ultra-thin silver film; wetting-layer-free silver film; Metamaterials; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical films; Optical imaging; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
