Guided modes in a symmetric five-layer left-handed waveguide

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2081-2091

  He, Ying ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Li, Chunfang ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GRAPHICAL METHODS; INNER CLADDING; LEFT HANDED MATERIALS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIALS; OSCILLATING GUIDED MODES; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE GUIDED MODES;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 59949084255     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.002081     Document Type: Article

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