Bundle beaming from multiple subwavelength slits surrounded by dielectric surface gratings

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2023-2029

  Kim, Seyoon ^a   Lim, Yongjun ^a   Park, Junghyun ^a   Lee, Byoungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gratings; optical beams; phase modulation; plasmonincs; surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs)

Indexed keywords

BEAM WIDTHS; CORRUGATED SURFACES; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; GRATINGS; INCIDENT LIGHT; MULTIPLE SLITS; OPTICAL BEAMS; SUBWAVELENGTH SLITS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; PHASE MODULATION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLIDS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77954473160     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2051415     Document Type: Article

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