Determinant role of the edges in defining surface plasmon propagation in stripe waveguides and tapered concentrators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-231

  Berthelot, Johann ^a   Tantussi, Francesco ^b   Rai, Padmnabh ^a   Des Francs, Gérard Colas ^a   Weeber, Jean Claude ^a   Dereux, Alain ^a   Fuso, Francesco ^b   Allegrini, Maria ^b   Bouhelier, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

DUAL-PLANE; EDGE DIFFRACTION; LIMITING PROCESS; NEAR FIELD MICROSCOPY; RECIPROCAL SPACE; STRIPE WAVEGUIDE; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON PROPAGATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; TAPERED GEOMETRY; WAVEGUIDE DISCONTINUITY;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84857434206     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000226     Document Type: Article

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