Feasibility study of nanoscaled optical waveguide based on near-resonant surface plasmon polariton

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 7499-7507

  Yan, Min ^a   Thylén, Lars ^a   Qiu, Min ^a   Parekh, Devang ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH;

FIBER WAVEGUIDES; METALLIC FIBERS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

METAL; SILICON; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS; SILICON; SILVER; SKIN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 43849113243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.007499     Document Type: Article

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