Theoretical study of nanophotonic directional couplers comprising near-field-coupled metal nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7885-7893

  Holmström, Petter ^a   Yuan, Jun ^a,c   Qiu, Min ^a   Thylén, Lars ^a,b   Bratkovsky, Alexander M ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPHOTONICS;

COUPLED ARRAYS; HIGH FIELD; LOSSLESS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NEAR-FIELD; STAND-ALONE DEVICES; SUBMICRON LENGTH; TELECOM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SILVER;

EID: 79953841403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.007885     Document Type: Article

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