Long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguides embedded in fluorinated polymer

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3892-3900

  Jiang, Jia ^a   Callender, Claire L ^a   Jacob, Sarkis ^a   Noad, Julian P ^a   Chen, Shengrong ^b   Ballato, John ^c   Smith Jr , Dennis W ^c  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

^b Tetramer Technologies LLC   (United States)

^c AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

CLADDING THICKNESS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION PROCESS; FLUORINATED POLYMERS; LONG RANGE SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMONS; PERFLUOROCYCLOBUTANE POLYMERS; SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 51949088851     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.003892     Document Type: Article

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