Mapping multiple surface-plasmon-polariton-wave modes at the interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2656-2666

  Polo Jr , John A ^a   MacKay, Tom G ^b,c   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^c,d  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; THIN FILMS;

CHIRAL SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; EMPIRICAL DATA; HALF SPACES; KRETSCHMANN CONFIGURATION; ORIENTATION ANGLES; PLANAR INTERFACE; THREE PARAMETERS; VAPOR FLUXES; WAVE MODES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 80155154139     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002656     Document Type: Article

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