Planar metal plasmon waveguides: Frequency-dependent dispersion, propagation, localization, and loss beyond the free electron model

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Dionne, J A ^a   Sweatlock, L A ^a   Atwater, H A ^a   Polman, A ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33749158742     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.075405     Document Type: Article

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