Spectral bandwidth and phase effects of resonantly excited ultrafast surface plasmon pulses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Yalcin, S E ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Achermann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTO SECONDS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; ULTRA-FAST;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 51749083930     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2978399     Document Type: Article

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