Investigation of terahertz surface waves of a metallic nanowire

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2298-2303

  He, Xiaoyong ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SENSORS; SURFACE WAVES; SURFACES; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; WIRE;

ATTENUATION LOSS; BIOLOGICAL SENSORS; METAL WIRES; METALLIC NANOWIRES; NANOWIRE SURFACE; NON-LOCAL EFFECT; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; RADIATION FREQUENCIES; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ SURFACES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 78149369478     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002298     Document Type: Article

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