Light confinement in optical fibers using surface plasmon polaritons

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1508-1510

  Renna, Fabrizio ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^a   Cox, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Optical beam focusing; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Plasmons

Indexed keywords

LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; OPTICAL BEAMS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; SILICA OPTICAL FIBERS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICA; SOLIDS;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 77954942392     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2028896     Document Type: Article

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