Low-loss polymer-based long-range surface plasmon-polariton waveguide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1374-1376

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a   Park, Suntak ^a   Ju, Jung Jin ^a   Park, Seung Koo ^a   Kim, Min Su ^a   Lee, Myung Hyun ^b  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Polymer waveguide; Surface plasmon polariton (SPP)

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

POLYMER WAVEGUIDE; PROPAGATION LOSS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; TELECOM WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34548250513     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.902918     Document Type: Article

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