Broad-bandgap and low-sidelobe surface plasmon polariton reflector with Bragg-grating-based MIM waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13727-13736

  Gong, Yongkang ^a   Wang, Leiran ^a   Hu, Xiaohong ^a   Li, Xiaohui ^a   Liu, Xueming ^a  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ENERGY GAP; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFLECTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

GAP WIDTHS; GRATING WAVEGUIDES; LOW SIDE LOBES; METAL INSULATOR METALS; MIM WAVEGUIDES; SIDE LOBES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

MIM DEVICES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 68349144541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013727     Document Type: Article

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