Slow light at terahertz frequencies in surface plasmon polariton assisted grating waveguide

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Cai, Likang ^a   Bai, Wenli ^a   Xu, Yun ^a   Song, Guofeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; GRATING WAVEGUIDES; INCIDENT LIGHT; INPUT PORT; METALLIC SLAB; PERIODIC CORRUGATION; SLOW LIGHT; SPEED OF LIGHT; STRONG CONFINEMENT; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING; SUBWAVELENGTH SCALE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

CUTOFF FREQUENCY;

EID: 71749099796     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3260236     Document Type: Article

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