Surface plasmon bragg gratings formed in metal-insulator-metal waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-93

  Han, Zhanghua ^a   Forsberg, Erik ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metal insulator metal (MIM) waveguide; Surface plasmon; Waveguide Bragg grating (WBG)

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; DEFECT STATE; FILTERING CHARACTERISTIC; METAL INSULATOR METALS; PERIODIC VARIATION; S-SHAPED; SIDE LOBES; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVEGUIDE SURFACES;

BRAGG CELLS; BRAGG GRATINGS; DEFECTS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; WAVEGUIDES;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 34547111361     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.889036     Document Type: Article

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