Directional coupling in channel plasmonpolariton waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 6124-6134

  Zenin, Vladimir A ^a,b   Volkov, Valentyn S ^a   Han, Zhanghua ^a   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a   Devaux, Eloïse ^c   Ebbesen, Thomas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WAVEGUIDES;

CHANNEL PLASMON-POLARITONS; DIRECTIONAL COUPLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (FEM); GOLD FILM; IN-CHANNELS; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POWER SPLITTING; STRONG COUPLING; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; V GROOVES; V-GROOVE;

SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84858984716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.006124     Document Type: Article

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