Bridging the gap between plasmonics and Zenneck waves

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-136

  Sihvola, Ari ^a   Jiaran, Qi ^a   Lindell, Ismo V ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic surface waves; Electromagnetic theory; Ground wave propagation; Metamaterials; Nonhomogeneous media; Plasmons; Subwavelength confinement; Zenneck waves

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURFACE WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY; GROUND-WAVE PROPAGATION; NONHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; SUB-WAVELENGTH; ZENNECK WAVES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; PLASMONS; SURFACES; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 77952736021     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2010.5466406     Document Type: Article

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