Light transmission along dispersive plasmonic gap and its subwavelength guidance characteristics

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 320-330

  Kim, Ki Young ^a   Cho, Young Ki ^a   Tae, Heung Sik ^a   Lee, Jeong Hae ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DISPERSIVE PLASMONIC GAP; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; SUBWAVELENGTH GUIDANCE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 30344484522     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000320     Document Type: Article

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