Nano-optical waveguides breaking through diffraction limit of light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5604, Issue , 2004, Pages 158-172

  Takahara, Junichi ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffraction limit; Low dimensional optical wave; Nano optical circuit; Nano optics; Nanophotonics; Negative dielectric; Plasmonics; Surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

DIFFRACTION LIMIT; LOW-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL WAVE; NANO-OPTICAL CIRCUIT; NANO-OPTICS; NANOPHOTONICS; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 17644421070     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.582740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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