FDTD simulations of 2D plasmon waveguide on silver nanorods in hexagonal lattice

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4818-4827

  Saj, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; SURFACE PLASMON COUPLING; SURFACE PLASMONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 22744451806     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004818     Document Type: Article

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