Characteristics of ultra-long range surface plasmon waves at optical frequencies

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 5008-5017

  Adato, Ronen ^a   Guo, Junpeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIELECTRIC CLADDING; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES; SURFACE PLASMON WAVES;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 34247277150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005008     Document Type: Article

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