Passive integrated optics elements based on long-range surface plasmon polaritons

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 477-494

  Charbonneau, Robert ^c   Scales, Christine ^c,d   Breukelaar, Ian ^a,c,e   Fafard, Simon ^f   Lahoud, Nancy ^c   Mattiussi, Greg ^c,g   Berini, Pierre ^a,b,c,f  

^a OSA ^*

^b IEEE   (Canada)

^c Spectalis Corporation   (Canada)

^d DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g Epocal Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Long range; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS; PASSIVE INTEGRATED OPTICS ELEMENTS; S BENDS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; PLASMONS; THIN FILMS; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33846943438     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.859856     Document Type: Article

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