Analysis of sub-wavelength light propagation through long double-chain nanowires with funnel feeding

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 4216-4223

  Chu, Hong Son ^a   Ewe, Wei Bin ^a   Li, Er Ping ^a   Vahldieck, Rüdiger ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DOUBLE-CHAIN NANOWIRES; LIGHT CAPTURING; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATION (SIE); V-SHAPED FUNNEL;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 34147108683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004216     Document Type: Article

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