Coaxial hybrid plasmonic nanowire waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1260-1265

  Zhao, Yunsong ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CONFINEMENT FACTOR; CORE REGION; DIELECTRIC CORE; DIELECTRIC LAYER; DISPERSION RELATIONS; HIGH INDEX; HYBRID WAVEGUIDES; LOW INDEX; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; MODAL PROPERTIES; MODE AREA; NANOWIRE WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL MODES; PLASMONIC; STRONG CONFINEMENT;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 77955692881     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001260     Document Type: Article

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