Optical Transmission on Metallic Wires - Fundamental Modes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-329

  Al Bader, Samir J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanoscale wires; Near field microscopy; Optical transmission; Plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PERMITTIVITY; STRIP METAL; THIN FILMS; VECTORS;

NANOSCALE WIRES; NEAR-FIELD MICROSCOPY; PLASMON-POLARITONS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1642618432     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.823016     Document Type: Article

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