Electric field vector characterization of terahertz surface plasmons

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5616-5624

  Wenqi, Zhu ^a   Nahata, Ajay ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; METAL FOIL; PHASE MATCHING; TENSORS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD VECTORS; ELECTROOPTIC CRYSTALS; ISOTROPIC DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 34247860951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005616     Document Type: Article

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