A quantitative theory and the generalized Bragg condition for surface plasmon Bragg reflectors

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 10487-10499

  Li, Guangyuan ^a,b   Cai, Lin ^a   Xiao, Feng ^c   Pei, Yijian ^b   Xu, Anshi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COST REDUCTION; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ABSORPTION LOSS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; GENERALIZED BRAGG CONDITION; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; HIGH ORDER MODE; MODEL PREDICTION; PERIODIC DEFECTS; QUANTITATIVE THEORY; RADIATION LOSS; RECURSIVE EQUATIONS; RECURSIVE FORMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

REFLECTION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LENSES; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77952715015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010487     Document Type: Article

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