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Optical excitation of free electron Fermi gas and its enhancement using surface plasmon
Last modified: 2009-11-07
Abstract
Photo-excitation of electrons in metal was confirmed in the Au/Si Schottky barrier, and its excitation enhancement using surface plasmon was first observed in the wavelength range corresponding to less energy than the band-gap of silicon. The feasibility of new Schottky-type photodiodes, in which electrons are never generated by absorption in semiconductors but directly excited in metal, was experimentally demonstrated.