Title

IR permittivities for silicides and doped silicon

Authors

Authors

J. W. Cleary; R. E. Peale; D. J. Shelton; G. D. Boreman; C. W. Smith; M. Ishigami; R. Soref; A. Drehman;W. R. Buchwald

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

Keywords

OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; NICKEL SILICIDES; WAVE-GUIDE; CONSTANTS; FILMS; ELLIPSOMETRY; WAVELENGTH; DISILICIDE; METALS; PD2SI; Optics

Abstract

The complex permittivity for Pt, Pd, Ni, and Ti-silicide films as well as heavily doped p-and n-type silicon were determined by ellipsometry over the energy range 0.031 eV to 4.0 eV. Fits to the Drude model gave bulk plasma and relaxation frequencies. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry, and four-point probe measurements complemented the optical characterization. Calculations from measured permittivities of waveguide loss and mode confinement suggest that the considered materials are better suited for long-wavelength surface-plasmon-polariton waveguide applications than metal films. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

Journal Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

Volume

27

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

730

Last Page

734

WOS Identifier

WOS:000276196000018

ISSN

0740-3224

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