Optical properties of multilayer metal-dielectric nanofilms with all-evanescent modes

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4113-4124

  Feng, Simin ^a   Elson, J Merle ^a   Overfelt, Pamela L ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MULTILAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RESONANT TUNNELING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COUPLED-PLASMON-RESISTANT WAVEGUIDES (CPRW); COUPLED-RESONANTOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES (CROW); MULTILAYER METAL-DIELECTRIC (MD) NANOFILMS; TRANSPARENT MATERIALS;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 21244484662     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004113     Document Type: Article

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