Enhanced propagation in a plasmonic chain waveguide with nanoshell structures based on low- and high-order mode coupling

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1783-1789

  Cui, Xudong ^a   Erni, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SPECIFICATIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

CHAIN LENGTHS; FAR FIELDS; FIELD-ENHANCEMENT; HIGH-ORDER; LIGHT GUIDING; LOW LOSSES; MODE COUPLINGS; NANOSHELL; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; SOLID PARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 51849164221     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.001783     Document Type: Article

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