Internal excitation and superfocusing of surface plasmon polaritons on a silver-coated optical fiber tip

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Ding, W ^a   Andrews, S R ^a   Maier, S A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; FOCUSING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SILVER;

RADIATION COUPLING; SILVER COATED TIPS; SUPERFOCUSING; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34547262884     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.063822     Document Type: Article

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