A review of the optical properties of alloys and intermetallics for plasmonics
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- 25 March 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 22 (14), 143201
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/22/14/143201
Abstract
Alternative materials are required to enhance the efficacy of plasmonic devices. We discuss the optical properties of a number of alloys, doped metals, intermetallics, silicides, metallic glasses and high pressure materials. We conclude that due to the probability of low frequency interband transitions, materials with partially occupied d states perform poorly as plasmonic materials, ruling out many alloys, intermetallics and silicides as viable. The increased probability of electron-electron and electron-phonon scattering rules out many doped and glassy metals.Keywords
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