Compact and high-resolution plasmonic wavelength demultiplexers based on Fano interference

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9976-9985

  Chen, Jianjun ^a   Li, Zhi ^a   Li, Jia ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; PLASMONS;

DEMULTIPLEXERS; FABRY-PEROT RESONATORS; FANO INTERFERENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-WAVELENGTH RESOLUTION; METAL INSULATOR METALS; NARROW BANDS; PLASMONIC; STRONG COUPLING; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVELENGTH DEMULTIPLEXERS; WAVELENGTH DEMULTIPLEXING;

RESONATORS;

EID: 79955876813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009976     Document Type: Article

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