Optimizing dielectric strips over a metallic substrate for subwavelength light confinement

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 522-524

  Hosseini, Amir ^a   Nieuwoudt, Arthur ^a   Massoud, Yehia ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Guided modes; Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs); Thin films

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS;

OPTIMAL WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRIES; SINGLE-MODE PROPAGATION; SUBWAVELENGTH LIGHT CONFINEMENT;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 34047213604     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.893827     Document Type: Article

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