Room-temperature high-Q channel-waveguide surface plasmon nanocavity

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 13892-13898

  Kang, Ju Hyung ^a   Park, Hong Gyu ^a   Kwon, Soon Hong ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; WAVEGUIDES;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; FREE SPACE; LASER OPERATIONS; LOW LOSS; MODE VOLUME; NANO-CAVITIES; PLASMONIC; Q-FACTORS; QUALITY FACTORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 79960534043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.013892     Document Type: Article

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