Characteristics of plasmonic Bragg reflectors with insulator width modulated in sawtooth profiles

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 11589-11598

  Liu, Yifen ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Kim, Jaeyoun ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; PLASMONS; REFLECTION;

BAND GAPS; DEFECT MODE; METAL INSULATOR METALS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLASMONIC BRAGG REFLECTOR; Q-FACTORS; SAWTOOTH PROFILE; TECHNICAL PROBLEM; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

MIM DEVICES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 77952847828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.011589     Document Type: Article

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