Symmetric hybrid surface plasmon polariton waveguides for 3D photonic integration

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 21320-21325

  Yusheng, Bian ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Xin, Zhao ^a   Jinsong, Zhu ^b   Tao, Zhou ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; WAVEGUIDES;

DIELECTRIC-LOADED SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON WAVEGUIDES; FIELD ENHANCEMENT EFFECT; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; INTEGRATION DENSITY; LONG-RANGE PROPAGATION; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 70749098333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021320     Document Type: Article

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