Scattering of a surface plasmon polariton by rapid plasma creation in a semiconductor slab

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1942-1950

  Bakunov, Michael I ^a   Maslov, Alexey V ^b   Zhukov, Sergey N ^a  

^a LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042242352     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001942     Document Type: Article

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