Liquid crystal-based dielectric loaded surface plasmon polariton optical switches

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Tasolamprou, A C ^a   Zografopoulos, D C ^b,c   Kriezis, E E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC LOADINGS; ELECTRICAL SWITCHING; ELECTRICAL TUNING; EXTINCTION RATIOS; LOW INSERTION LOSS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; PLASMONIC; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITON WAVEGUIDES; WAVE-GUIDING CHARACTERISTICS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 81355136209     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3658247     Document Type: Article

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