Au/SiO2 nanoring plasmon waveguides at optical communication band

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2757-2765

  Jung, Kyung Young ^a   Teixeira, Fernando L ^a   Reano, Ronald M ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Metal nanoparticle; Nanophotonics; Optical communication; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD; NANORINGS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PLASMONS; SILICA;

NANOPHOTONICS; PLASMON WAVEGUIDES; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34548623418     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.902100     Document Type: Article

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