Guiding and nanofocusing of two-dimensional optical beam for nanooptical integrated circuits

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E90-C, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-94

  Takahara, Junichi ^a   Kusunoki, Fuminori ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanophotonics; Negative dielectric; Plasmonics; Surface plasmon polariton; Two dimensional optical wave

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; FOCUSING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NANOPHOTONICS; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; TWO DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL WAVE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33846463479     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e90-c.1.87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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