A low-loss surface plasmonic Bragg grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 436-439

  Mu, Jian Wei ^a   Huang, Wei Ping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Complex mode matching method; Insulator metal insulator (IMI); Surface plasma polariton

Indexed keywords

METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMAS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BRAGG GRATING STRUCTURES; COMPLEX MODE MATCHING METHOD; INSULATOR-METAL-INSULATOR (IMI); KEY DESIGN PARAMETERS; LOW LOSS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; REFLECTION SPECTRUM; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTIONS; SURFACE PLASMA POLARITON;

SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES;

EID: 61649103139     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.928961     Document Type: Article

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