Transmission efficiency of surface plasmon polaritons across gaps in gold waveguides

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Flynn, Richard A ^a   Vurgaftman, Igor ^a   Bussmann, Konrad ^a   Simpkins, B S ^a   Kim, Chul Soo ^a   Long, James P ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; FAR-FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAP SIZE; LOCAL PLASMON; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLIDS; WAVEGUIDES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 77949744579     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3360202     Document Type: Article

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