Control of 2D plasmon-polariton mode with dielectric nanolayers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1232-1236

  Guo, Junpeng ^a   Adato, Ronen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

DIELECTRIC LAYERS; METAL MICROSTRIP; PLASMON-POLARITON MODE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPEDANCE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; LIGHT; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 38549124964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001232     Document Type: Article

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