Active Control and Spatial Mapping of Mid- Infrared Propagating Surface Plasmons

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7019-7024

  Ribaudo, T ^a   Shaner, E A ^b   Howard, S S ^c   Gmaichl, C ^c   Wang, X J ^d   Choa, F S ^e   Wasserman, D ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d ADTECH OPTICS INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SURFACE WAVES;

ACTIVE CONTROL; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; LASER LIGHTS; METALLIC SURFACE; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PROPAGATING SURFACE PLASMONS; SPATIAL MAPPING; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 65949114092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007019     Document Type: Article

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