Attenuated total reflection modulator based on surface plasmon excitation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4595, Issue , 2001, Pages 259-267

  Karppinen, Mikko ^a,b   Charbonneau, Robert ^b   Berini, Pierre ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuated total reflection; Electro optic polymers; Modulators; Surface plasmons; Thin metal films

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; GOLD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; PLASTIC FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (ATR) MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0035769124     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.446623     Document Type: Article

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