Dispersion of strongly confined channel plasmon polariton modes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1596-1602

  Zenin, Vladimir A ^a   Volkov, Valentyn S ^b   Han, Zhanghua ^b   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^b   Devaux, Eloïsa ^c   Ebbesen, Thomas W ^c  

^a MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHANNEL PLASMON-POLARITONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GOLD FILM; MODE INDEX; NEAR-FIELD IMAGES; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL RESULT; V GROOVES;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79959968919     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001596     Document Type: Article

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