Propagation of long-range surface plasmon polaritons in photonic crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2027-2038

  Boltasseva, Alexandra ^a   Søndergaard, Thomas ^b   Nikolajsen, Thomas ^b   Leosson, Kristjan ^b   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^b,c   Hvam, Jørn M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Micro Managed Photons A/S   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

LONG RANGE SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 25444473917     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002027     Document Type: Article

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