On the surface plasmon polariton wave at the planar interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 465, Issue 2101, 2009, Pages 87-107

  Polo, John A ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Sculptured thin film; Structural chirality; Surface plasmon polariton; Surface wave; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE WAVES; THICK FILMS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES;

CHIRAL SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; DIFFERENT MODES; DISPERSION EQUATIONS; EFFICIENT EXCITATIONS; KRETSCHMANN CONFIGURATIONS; MINIMUM VALUES; MULTIPLE MODES; PLANAR INTERFACES; SCULPTURED THIN FILM; STRUCTURAL CHIRALITY; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 57249116182     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2008.0211     Document Type: Article

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