A wavelength demultiplexing structure based on plasmonic MDM side-coupled cavities

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2707-2713

  Mei, Xian ^a   Huang, Xuguang ^a   Tao, Jin ^a   Zhu, Jiahu ^a   Zhu, Yunjin ^a   Jin, Xiaopin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONS;

COUPLED CAVITY; COUPLED RESONANT CAVITIES; GAP WIDTHS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; OVERLAP LENGTH; PLASMONIC; SIMULATION RESULT; STRUCTURE-BASED; WAVELENGTH DEMULTIPLEXING; WAVELENGTH TRANSMISSION;

DEMULTIPLEXING;

EID: 78649943760     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002707     Document Type: Article

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