Confinement and guiding of two-dimensional optical waves by low-refractive-index cores

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5651-5656

  Kusunoki, F ^a   Yotsuya, T ^a   Takahara, J ^b  

^a OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA CONFINEMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CONFINEMENT; METAL-GAP WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL WAVES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33745168697     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005651     Document Type: Article

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