Design and properties of dielectric surface plasmon Bragg mirrors

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 14496-14510

  Randhawa, Sukanya ^a   González, María Ujué ^a,b   Renger, Jan ^a   Enoch, Stefan ^c   Quidant, Romain ^a,d  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MODAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

BRAGG MIRRORS; DIELECTRIC GRATING; DIELECTRIC SURFACE; DISPERSION RELATIONS; FOURIER MODAL METHOD; GRATING PARAMETER; LEAKAGE RADIATION MICROSCOPIES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 79955429169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.014496     Document Type: Article

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