Compact gradual bends for channel plasmon polaritons

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4494-4503

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

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GOLD; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

CHANNEL PLASMON POLARITONS (CPPS); COMPACT GRADUAL BENDS; CPP MODE CONFINEMENT;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646562834     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004494     Document Type: Article

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