Ultracompact plasmonic racetrack resonators in metal-insulator-metal waveguides

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 172-176

  Han, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plasmonics; Ring resonators; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PLASMONS; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; METAL INSULATOR METALS; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONICS; RING RESONATOR; SURFACE PLASMONS;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 79951638918     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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