Plasmon-polariton modes guided by a metal film of finite width

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1011-1013

  Berini, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0001348704     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.001011     Document Type: Article

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6. Since a single metal-dielectric interface can support a plasmon-polariton mode, so should an isolated corner. Furthermore, the phase and attenuation constants of such a mode should be greater than those of a mode guided by an interface, since fields penetrate more deeply into the metal near the corner to couple the perpendicular edges.