Realization of subwavelength guiding utilizing coupled wedge plasmon polaritons in splitted groove waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 16722-16732

  Pan, Jian ^a   He, Kaiting ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Wang, Zhenlin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SUBSTRATES;

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; GAP WIDTHS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GROOVE DEPTH; METAL WEDGES; NANO SCALE; NANO-GAP; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLASMONIC; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE; WEDGE ANGLE; WEDGE PLASMONS; WHISPERING GALLERY RESONATORS;

WAVEGUIDES;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; METALS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77955619345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016722     Document Type: Article

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