Demonstration of integrated optics elements based on long-ranging surface plasmon polaritons

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 977-984

  Charbonneau, Robert ^a   Lahoud, Nancy ^a   Mattiussi, Greg ^b,c   Berini, Pierre ^a,d  

^a Spectalis Corp   (Canada)

^b Spectalis Corp   (Canada)

^c Epocal Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; GOLD; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATION; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; THIN FILMS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS ELEMENTS; LONG-RANGING SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS; THERMO-OPTIC MODULATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 14744290000     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000977     Document Type: Article

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