Channel plasmon subwavelength waveguide components including interferometers and ring resonators

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7083, 2006, Pages 508-511

  Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a   Volkov, Valentyn S ^a   Devaux, Eloïse ^b   Laluet, Jean Yves ^b   Ebbesen, Thomas W ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; OSCILLATIONS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CHANNEL PLASMON POLARITONS (CPP); INTEGRATED OPTICAL CIRCUITS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS;

BANDWIDTH;

INTERFEROMETER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 33645309864     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04594     Document Type: Article

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