Graded metallic gratings for ultrawideband surface wave trapping at THz frequencies

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Gan, Qiaoqiang ^a   Bartoli, Filbert J ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasmons; surface waves; terahertz radiation; waveguides

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING PLANES; DISPERSION RELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; LIGHT SYSTEMS; METALLIC GRATINGS; METALLIC SURFACE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; PLASMONIC; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SURFACE GRATING; SURFACE MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ WAVES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; WAVE TRAPPING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SLOW LIGHT; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 79951550369     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2044635     Document Type: Article

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