Resonant tunneling of surface plasmon polariton in the plasmonic nano-cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16903-16915

  Park, Junghyun ^a   Kim, Hwi ^a   Lee, Il Min ^a   Kim, Seyoon ^a   Jung, Jaehoon ^b   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; PHASE SHIFT; PLASMONS; RESONANT TUNNELING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTISYMMETRIC MODE; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; METAL INSULATOR METALS; MIM WAVEGUIDES; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; SPECIFIC VALUES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

MIM DEVICES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 54249168522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016903     Document Type: Article

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