Spoof surface plasmon polariton modes propagating along periodically corrugated wires

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1515-1521

  Fernandez Domanguez A I ^a   Martin Moreno L ^b   Garcia Vidal F J ^a   Andrews, S R ^c   Maier, S A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focusing; Plasmonics; Terahertz radiation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; SOLIDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WIRE;

CONDUCTING WIRES; DISPERSION RELATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODES; METALLIC WIRES; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TAPERED STRUCTURES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; WAVEGUIDING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 58149239917     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.918107     Document Type: Article

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