Compensation of loss in propagating surface plasmon polariton by gain in adjacent dielectric medium

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1385-1392

  Noginov, M A ^a   Podolskiy, V A ^b   Zhu, G ^a   Mayy, M ^a   Bahoura, M ^a   Adegoke, J A ^a   Ritzo, B A ^a   Reynolds, K ^a  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; POLYMERS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NANOPLASMONICS; SILVER FILM; WAVEVECTOR;

OPTICAL LOSSES;

METAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 38549141650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001385     Document Type: Article

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