Surface-induced nonlinearity enhancement of TM modes in planar subwavelength waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Skryabin, D V ^a   Gorbach, A V ^a   Marini, A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

AMPLITUDE EQUATION; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; DIFFRACTION EFFECTS; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; LONGITUDINAL COMPONENTS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NON-LINEARITY ENHANCEMENT; PLANAR METAL; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBWAVELENGTH WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES; SURFACE EFFECT; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE VALUES; TM MODES; TRANSVERSE FIELD COMPONENT;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 78650870355     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000109     Document Type: Article

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