Optical nanofocusing by tapering coupled photonic-plasmonic waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 12865-12872

  He, Xiaolong ^a   Yang, Liu ^a   Yang, Tian ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPACT STRUCTURES; ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; FOCAL REGIONS; FOCAL SPOT; HIGH INTENSITY; METALLIC STRIPS; NANO-FOCUSING; OPTICAL WAVES; SIDE COUPLING; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAVEGUIDE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMONS; SYSTEMATIC DESIGN APPROACH;

PLASMONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 79959892019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.012865     Document Type: Article

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