Radiation suppressing metallo-dielectric optical waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2800-2808

  Buckley, Robin ^a   Berini, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Spectalis Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Modeling; Nonradiative dielectric (NRD) waveguides; Optical waveguide theory; Plasmons; Waveguide bends

Indexed keywords

GAIN INSIGHT; LOW LOSS; METAL PLATES; METAL SURFACES; METALLODIELECTRIC; MODELING; NONRADIATIVE DIELECTRIC (NRD) WAVEGUIDES; NONRADIATIVE DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE THEORY; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; PROPAGATION LOSS; STRAIGHT WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TE MODE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVEGUIDE BENDS;

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 67651156242     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2017033     Document Type: Article

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