Ultrathin niobium nanofilms on fiber optical tapers – a new route towards low-loss hybrid plasmonic modes
Citation
Wieduwilt, T., Tuniz, A., Linzen, S., Goerke, S., Dellith, J., Hübner, U., & Schmidt, M. A. (2015). Ultrathin niobium nanofilms on fiber optical tapers - a new route towards low-loss hybrid plasmonic modes. Sci. Rep., 5, 17060.
Keywords
- niobium nanofilms
- plasmonics
- biomedical diagnostics
- superconducting photonics
- metasurfaces
- optoelectronic devices
Brief
Wieduwilt et al. demonstrate that ultrathin niobium nanofilms can serve as a new platform for biomedical diagnostics, superconducting photonics, ultrathin metasurfaces or new types of optoelectronic devices.
Summary
This article presents ultrathin niobium nanofilms as a new material for plasmonics with superior properties compared to noble metal nanofilms. The niobium nanofilm platform has potential applications in biomedical diagnostics, superconducting photonics, and optoelectronic devices.
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