Spontaneous emission from within a metal-clad cavity mediated by coupled surface plasmon-polaritons

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 30, 2008, Pages

  Winter, G ^a   Murray, W A ^a   Wedge, S ^a   Barnes, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; METALS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DISPERSION CURVES; GRATING STRUCTURES; METAL-CLAD; NON-RADIATIVE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITON; SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITONS;

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EID: 49049107340     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/30/304218     Document Type: Article

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