Prism coupling to terahertz surface plasmon polaritons

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6117-6126

  O'Hara, John F ^a   Averitt, Richard D ^a   Taylor, Antoinette J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT REFLECTION; PLASTIC FILMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON; SURFACE WAVES; THIN FILMS;

METAL SURFACES; SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON (SPP) MODES; ZENNECK WAVES;

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EID: 24044464861     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006117     Document Type: Article

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