Analysis and experiment of thin metal-clad fiber polarizer with index overlay

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 628-630

  Tseng, Shiao Min ^a,b   Hsu, Kuang Yu ^b   Wei, Hon Sco ^b   Chen, Kun Fa ^b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fiber polarizer; Plasmon; Resonant absorption; Thin metal

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL COATINGS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

FIBER POLARIZERS; PLASMON; QUASI RAY OPTIC METHOD; RESONANT ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031139610     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.588161     Document Type: Article

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