Azimuthally polarized surface plasmons as effective terahertz waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 511-518

  Cao, Qing ^a   Jahns, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AZIMUTHALLY POLARIZED SURFACE PLASMON (APSP); ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 13544250736     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000511     Document Type: Article

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