Silver nanowires can simultaneously transport electrons and optical information in the form of surface plasmons. A procedure is described here to realize such a shared circuitry and the limitations at propagating both information carriers are evaluated.
Song, M., Stolz, A., Zhang, D., Arocas, J., Markey, L., Colas des Francs, G., Dujardin, E., Bouhelier, A. Evaluating Plasmonic Transport in Current-carrying Silver Nanowires. J. Vis. Exp. (82), e51048, doi:10.3791/51048 (2013).