Long-range surface plasmons along membrane-supported metal stripes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1479-1495

  Berini, Pierre ^a,b   Charbonneau, Robert ^c   Lahoud, Nancy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Spectalis Corp   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long range; Membrane; Plasmon; Polariton; Sensing; Surface

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AIR; CHROMIUM; GOLD; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACES; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

1550 NM; ADHESION LAYERS; DIELECTRIC MEMBRANES; FIGURE OF MERITS; IN VACUUMS; LONG RANGE; OPERATING WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL-; PLASMONPOLARITONS; POLARITON; POWER ATTENUATIONS; RANGE MODES; SENSING; SUPPORTED METALS; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN METALS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 58149109560     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.918944     Document Type: Article

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