Numerical investigation of a bidirectional wave coupler based on plasmonic Bragg gratings in the near infrared domain

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3699-3703

  Fu, Zhan ^a,b   Gan, Qiaoqiang ^a   Gao, Kailu ^b   Pan, Zhongqi ^b   Bartoli, Filbert J ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasmons; Surface waves; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; BAND GAPS; BAND REJECTION FILTERS; DIELECTRIC LAYERS; DIRECTIONAL COUPLINGS; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDICES; FDTD SIMULATIONS; KEY FEATURES; METALLIC SLITS; NEAR-INFRARED DOMAINS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SUB WAVELENGTHS; THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS; WAVE CONFINEMENTS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 60949096983     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927793     Document Type: Article

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