A theoretical analysis of the coupling of light to surface-plasmon oscillations at the edge of a slab waveguide

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-241

  Fontana, Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Diffraction; Gold; Optical fiber; Optical waveguide; Slab waveguide; Surface plasnion oscillations; Surface plasnion resonance; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GOLD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OSCILLATIONS;

SURFACE PLASMON (SP) OSCILLATIONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032024720     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.661708     Document Type: Article

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