Electrical detection of confined gap plasmons in metal-insulator-metal waveguides

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 283-286

  Neutens, Pieter ^a,b   Van Dorpe, Pol ^a   De Vlaminck, Iwijn ^a   Lagae, Liesbet ^a   Borghs, Gustaaf ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTIONS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL COMPONENTS; LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMONS; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL PHOTODETECTOR; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON WAVEGUIDE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MIM DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARTICLE OPTICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 67649227340     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.47     Document Type: Article

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