Analytical modeling of resonant cavities for plasmonic-slot-waveguide junctions

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-233

  Pannipitiya, Asanka ^a   Rukhlenko, Ivan D ^a   Premaratne, Malin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

modeling; nanocavities; optical interconnects; Plasmonics; waveguide devices

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL MODELING; COMPLEX WAVEGUIDES; DESIGN FEATURES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; GAUSSIAN PULSE; MODELING; NANOCAVITIES; OHMIC LOSS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONICS; POWER EFFICIENT; RESONANT CAVITY; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTIMIZATION; SUPERCOMPUTERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 79953274913     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2126566     Document Type: Article

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