Surface plasmon TE and TM waves at the anisotropic film-metal interface

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Abdulhalim, I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Electromagnetic surface waves; Liquid crystals; Metal thin films; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METALS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES; THIN FILMS; TUNING; WATER WAVES;

ANISOTROPIC FILMS; ANISOTROPIC LAYERS; ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; DIELECTRIC TENSORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURFACE WAVES; INCIDENCE ANGLES; METAL THIN FILMS; POLARIZATION CONVERSIONS; SURFACE PLASMON WAVES; SURFACE PLASMONS; TE AND TM WAVES; THIN ANISOTROPIC FILMS;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 63649099721     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/1/015002     Document Type: Article

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