Multimode interference splitter based on dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12594-12600

  Yuan, Guanghui ^a   Wang, Pei ^a   Lu, Yonghua ^a   Ming, Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GEOMETRY; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; WAVEGUIDES;

DIELECTRIC-LOADED SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON WAVEGUIDES; EFFECTIVE INDEX; LAB-ON-A-CHIP APPLICATIONS; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE SPLITTERS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; SELF-IMAGING THEORY; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GOLD; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; OPTICS; PHOTON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 67749097766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012594     Document Type: Article

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