Characteristics of light emitter coupling with surface plasmons in air/metal/dielectric grating structures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 923-929

  Chen, Hung Lu ^a   Wang, Jyh Yang ^a   Chuang, Wen Hung ^a   Kiang, Yean Woei ^a   Yang, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD; COUPLING FEATURE; DIPOLE RADIATIONS; GRATING STRUCTURES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 67649267681     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000923     Document Type: Article

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