Nano-optical waveguide modes in gaps embedded in left-handed metamaterial

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Satuby, Yinon ^a   Kaminsky, Noam ^a   Orenstein, Meir ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMONS;

METAMATERIAL; PLASMON POLARITON;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 37049033893     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000A62     Document Type: Article

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