Long-range surface plasmon polariton mode cutoff and radiation in slab waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1971-1977

  Breukelaar, Ian ^a   Berini, Pierre ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Spectalis Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; INSERTION LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

BOUND SURFACE MODE; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33748306967     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001971     Document Type: Article

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