Efficient sub-wavelength light confinement using surface plasmon polaritons in tapered fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7658-7663

  Renna, Fabrizio ^a   Cox, David ^b   Brambilla, Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

HIGH TRANSMISSION; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; SPOT SIZES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP); TAPERED FIBER; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 66549128148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007658     Document Type: Article

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