Plasmonics: Minimizing loss by thinning, smoothing
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 20:35
in Physics & Chemistry
A gas cluster ion beam smoothing produces ultrathin silver films and lithographically patterned structures to enhance plasmonic performance, researchers report. Plasmonic devices -- such as superlenses, hyperlenses and plasmonic waveguides -- have exciting potential for research and commercial applications because they permit optical lithography, imaging and waveguiding to be performed at resolutions below the diffraction limit of light.