Waveguiding in nanoscale metallic apertures

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 4310-4320

  Collin, Stéphane ^a   Pardo, Fabrice ^a   Pelouard, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CUT-OFF WAVELENGTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC PENETRATION; METALLIC WAVEGUIDES; UNIVERSAL CURVES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34147137083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004310     Document Type: Article

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