Gain-assisted propagation of electromagnetic energy in subwavelength surface plasmon polariton gap waveguides

Optics Communications

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-299

  Maier, Stefan A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active media; Integrated optics; Metal gap waveguides; Surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACTIVE MEDIA; GAIN COEFFICIENT; METAL GAP WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 29344453528     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2005.07.064     Document Type: Article

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