Plasmonics: The promise of highly integrated optical devices

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1671-1677

  Maier, Stefan A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanophotonics; Optoelectronics; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

INSULATING MATERIALS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OSCILLATIONS; PHOTONS;

LIGHT CONFINEMENT; NANOPHOTONICS; PLASMONICS;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 33845683748     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.884086     Document Type: Article

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