Propagation of surface waves and waveguide modes guided by a dielectric slab inserted in a sculptured nematic thin film

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Faryad, Muhammad ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; DIELECTRIC SLABS; DYAKONOV-TAMM WAVE; E-FOLDING; GUIDED WAVE; PLANAR INTERFACE; SLAB THICKNESS; SURFACE-PLASMON; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

SURFACE WAVES; THIN FILMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 78651417393     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.013814     Document Type: Article

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