Analysis and applications of 3D rectangular metallic waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 19531-19543

  Swillam, Mohamed A ^a   Helmy, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

SENSORS; SLOW LIGHT;

DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; EFFECTIVE INDEX; ENERGY TRANSMISSION; LOW LOSS; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; METALLIC WAVEGUIDE; MIM STRUCTURE; NEGATIVE INDEX MATERIAL; NONRESONANT; PLASMONIC; SENSING DEVICES; SLOW AND FAST LIGHT; VISIBLE REGION; WAVEGUIDE CONFIGURATIONS; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 77956993409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.019831     Document Type: Article

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