Propagation characteristics of the supermode based on two coupled semi-infinite rib plasmonic waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1755-1761

  Chang, Sheng Hsiung ^a   Chiu, Tsen Chieh ^a   Tai, Chao Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSPORTATION; RECTANGULAR WEDGES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33847167761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.001755     Document Type: Article

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