Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film. Part IV: Canonical problem

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Faryad, Muhammad ^a   Polo Jr , John A ^b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a,c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

canonical problem; sculptured nematic thin film; surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMONS;

CANONICAL PROBLEMS; DISPERSION EQUATIONS; E-FOLDING; FIELD STRUCTURES; MULTIPLE TRAINS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PLANAR INTERFACE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 80455168180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3365052     Document Type: Article

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