Characterization of surface-plasmon modes in metal-clad optical waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 8523-8530

  Themistos, C ^a   Rahman, B M A ^a   Rajarajan, M ^a   Kalli, K ^b   Grattan, K T V ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METAL CLADDING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CLADDING THICKNESS; SURFACE PLASMON MODES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33847073418     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.008523     Document Type: Article

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