Design of an integrated coupler for the electrical generation of surface plasmon polaritons

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 18155-18163

  Tetienne, J P ^a   Bousseksou, A ^a   Costantini, D ^a   De Wilde, Y ^b   Colombelli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LASERS; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; COUPLING PROCESS; ELECTRICAL GENERATION; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH-POWER; LASER MEDIUM; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 80052753678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018155     Document Type: Article

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