Excitation of a single hollow waveguide mode using inhomogeneous anisotropic subwavelength structures

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 13404-13414

  Yirmiyahu, Yaniv ^a   Niv, Avi ^a   Biener, Gabriel ^a   Kleiner, Vladimir ^a   Hasman, Erez ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; WAVELENGTH;

ANISOTROPIC SUBWAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE MODE; METALLIC WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 35148880177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013404     Document Type: Article

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