INFRARED SURFACE-PLASMONS ON PLATINUM SILICIDE

A SELLAI*, P DAWSON, WR HENDREN, SHS MAGILL, HS GAMBLE

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Abstract

It is shown that surface plasmons (SPs) are supported on thin PtSi films. Using a prism-air gap-sample configuration, p-polarised infra-red light (3.39-mu-m) has been coupled with approximately 95% efficiency to SPs on the silicide electrode of PtSi-Si Schottky barrier structures. Stimulating SPs offers both a means of optically characterising silicide films and of enhancing optical absorption with a view to significantly increasing the Schottky barrier photoresponse.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)164-165
Number of pages2
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume28
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jan 1992

Keywords

  • SURFACE PHENOMENA
  • INFRARED DETECTORS
  • SCHOTTKY BARRIERS
  • PTSI
  • ABSORPTION

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