Reflection and transmission of surface plasmon mode at a step discontinuity

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-222

  Jamid, H A ^a   Al Bader, S J ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Method of lines; Plasmon polariton diffraction; Surface plasma waves; Waveguide discontinuity

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFEROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PLASMAS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

FINITE EXTENT REGIONS; METAL DIELECTRIC INTERFACES; STEP DISCONTINUITIES; SURFACE PLASMONS POLARITON (SPP);

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 0031079147     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.553098     Document Type: Article

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