Surface plasmon-polariton wave propagation guided by a metal slab in a sculptured nematic thin film

Journal of Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Faryad, Muhammad ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Sculptured thin film; Surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; METALS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; THIN FILMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EFFECT OF SLAB; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PHASE SPEED; SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; SLAB THICKNESS; SPATIAL PROFILES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77958191886     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/8/085102     Document Type: Article

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