Directional couplers using long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguides

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1233-1241

  Boltasseva, Alexandra ^a   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Directional couplers; Integrated optics; Surface waves; Waveguide components

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; SURFACE WAVES;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; POLYMER CLADDING; PROPAGATION LOSS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THERMO OPTIC EFFECTS;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 33845674090     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.882659     Document Type: Article

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