Numerical optimization of wide-angle, broadband operational polarization beam splitter based on aniostropically coupled surface-plasmon-polariton waves

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1387-1392

  Tai, Chao Yi ^a   Chang, Sheng Hsiung ^a   Chiu, Tsen Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; PRISMS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC WAVES; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC WAVES;

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 51849094908     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001387     Document Type: Article

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