Modification of dispersion, localization, and attenuation of thin metal stripe symmetric surface plasmon-polariton modes by thin dielectric layers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Adato, Ronen ^a,b   Guo, Junpeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC LAYERS; DISPERSION CURVES; DISPERSIVE BEHAVIORS; FINITE WIDTHS; HOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRICS; INDEX OF REFRACTIONS; LIGHT LINES; LOW INDEX CLADDINGS; LOW INDICES; SYMMETRIC MODES; SYMMETRIC SURFACES; THIN DIELECTRIC LAYERS; THIN METALS;

LIGHT REFRACTION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CLADDING (COATING);

EID: 60449119324     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3073991     Document Type: Article

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