Oxides and nitrides as alternative plasmonic materials in the optical range: [Invited]

Gururaj V. Naik, Jongbum Kim, Alexandra Boltasseva

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    Abstract

    As alternatives to conventional metals, new plasmonic materials offer many advantages in the rapidly growing fields of plasmonics and metamaterials. These advantages include low intrinsic loss, semiconductor-based design, compatibility with standard nanofabrication processes, tunability, and others. Transparent conducting oxides such as Al:ZnO, Ga:ZnO and indium-tin-oxide (ITO) enable many high-performance metamaterial devices operating in the near-IR. Transition-metal nitrides such as TiN or ZrN can be substitutes for conventional metals in the visible frequencies. In this paper we provide the details of fabrication and characterization of these new materials and discuss their suitability for a number of metamaterial and plasmonic applications.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalOptical Materials Express
    Volume1
    Issue number6
    Pages (from-to)1090-1099
    ISSN2159-3930
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

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    This paper was published in Optical Materials Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-1-6-1090. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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