Long-range surface plasmon polariton nanowire waveguides for device applications

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 314-319

  Leosson, K ^a   Nikolajsen, T ^b   Boltasseva, A ^c   Bozhevolnyi, S I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT; PLASMA DEVICES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

NANOWIRES; OPTICAL SIGNALS; TELECOM WAVE-LENGTHS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 30344476090     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000314     Document Type: Article

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