On the convergence and accuracy of numerical mode computations of surface plasmon waveguides

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2040-2053

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Spectalis Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Convergence; Modelling; Numerical; Plasmon; Surface; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITION; ACCURACY; ACCURATE ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CONFINED MODES; CONVERGENCE; DISCRETISATION; LOCALISATION; METHOD OF LINES; MODE FIELDS; MODELLING; MONOTONIC CONVERGENCE; NUMERICAL; NUMERICAL MODE; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; SURFACE PLASMON WAVEGUIDE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE;

ERRORS; EXTRAPOLATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMBER THEORY; PLASMONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 70350400265     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1261     Document Type: Article

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