Analysis of surface plasmon waves in metal-dielectric-metal structures and the criterion for negative refractive index

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1136-1143

  Tian, Yang ^a   Crozier, Kenneth B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); METALS; PLASMONS;

DIELECTRIC LAYER; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; METAL DIELECTRICS; METAL STRUCTURES; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; PROPAGATING WAVES; SURFACE PLASMON PROPAGATION; SURFACE PLASMON WAVES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 58449102675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001136     Document Type: Article

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