Metallization of nanofilms in strong adiabatic electric fields.
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We introduce an effect of metallization of dielectric nanofilms by strong, adiabatically varying electric fields. The metallization causes optical properties of a dielectric film to become similar to those of a plasmonic metal (strong absorption and negative permittivity at low optical frequencies). This is a quantum effect, which is exponentially size-dependent, occurring at fields on the order of 0.1 V/Å and pulse durations ranging from ∼1 fs to ∼10 ns for a film thickness of 3-10 nm.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 105 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010