- Title
- The quest for zero loss: unconventional materials for plasmonics
- Creator
- Cortie, Michael B.; Arnold, Matthew D.; Keast, Vicki J.
- Relation
- ARC.DP120102545 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP120102545
- Relation
- Advanced Materials Vol. 32, Issue 18, no. 1904532
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201904532
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- There has been an ongoing quest to optimize the materials used to build plasmonic devices: first the elements were investigated, then alloys and intermetallic compounds, later semiconductors were considered, and, most recently, there has been interest in using more exotic materials such as topological insulators and conducting oxides. The quality of the plasmon resonances in these materials is closely correlated with their structure and properties. In general gold and silver are the most commonly specified materials for these applications but they do have weaknesses. Here, it is shown how, in specific circumstances, the selection of certain other materials might be more useful. Candidate alternatives include TixN, VO₂, Al, Cu, Al-doped ZnO, and Cu-Al alloys. The relative merits of these choices and the many pitfalls and subtle problems that arise are discussed, and a frank perspective on the field is provided.
- Subject
- conducting oxides; figure of merit; intermetallic compounds; material selection; plasmonics; topological insulators
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1413822
- Identifier
- uon:36678
- Identifier
- ISSN:0935-9648
- Language
- eng
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