All optical switches based on the coupling of surface plasmon polaritons

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 9869-9883

  Margheri, G ^a   Del Rosso, T ^a   Sottini, S ^a   Trigari, S ^a   EGiorgetti, ^a  

^a ISTITUTO DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED METAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALL OPTICAL SWITCH; EXTINCTION RATIOS; INDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT COUPLING; OPTICAL SWITCHING; P-TOLUENE SULFONATES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TRANSMITTED LIGHT;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 46149088967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.009869     Document Type: Article

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