Numerical investigation of mode characteristics of nanoscale surface plasmon-polaritons using a pseudospectral scheme

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 23711-23726

  Huang, Chia Chien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVE EQUATIONS;

COMMONLY USED; DIVERGENCE FREE; EFFECTIVE INDEX; FIGURES OF MERITS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; MAGNETIC VECTORS; MODE CHARACTERISTICS; NANO-SCALE SURFACES; NANOPARTICLE CHAINS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; PROPAGATION LOSS; PSEUDOSPECTRAL; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; SPURIOUS MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITON WAVEGUIDES; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD; WAVEGUIDE DIMENSIONS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 78149448663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.023711     Document Type: Article

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