Finite-difference time-domain study of guided modes in nano-plasmonic waveguides

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 11 I, 2007, Pages 3070-3077

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Hao, Yang ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion diagram; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Nanoantennas; Nanostructure; Plasmonic waveguide

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PERMITTIVITY;

AUXILIARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; NANOANTENNA; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDE;

PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 36849048717     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.908370     Document Type: Article

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