Surface multiplasmonics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8104, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

plasmonics; rugate filter; sculptured thin film; surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PHASE SPEED; PLANAR INTERFACE; PLASMONICS; RESEARCH AREAS; RUGATE FILTER; SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; SPATIAL PROFILES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PHASE INTERFACES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACES; THIN FILMS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 80053983443     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.893129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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