Wavelength filtering and demultiplexing structure based on aperture-coupled plasmonic slot cavities

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2518-2523

  Hu, Feifei ^a   Zhou, Zhiping ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDES;

APERTURE COUPLED; BUS WAVEGUIDES; DEMULTIPLEXERS; DEVICE STRUCTURES; HIGH-DENSITY; NANO SCALE; PLASMONIC; POWER RATIO; RESONANCE MODE; SKIN DEPTH; STRUCTURE-BASED; SUBMICRON; TRANSMISSION PEAKS; WAVELENGTH FILTERING; WAVELENGTH FILTERS;

DEMULTIPLEXING;

EID: 80053555133     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002518     Document Type: Article

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