Dispersion relation for surface plasmon polaritons on a Schottky junction

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 7151-7164

  Wijesinghe, Thamani ^a   Premaratne, Malin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE OPTICS; PERMITTIVITY; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DIELECTRIC-METAL INTERFACE; DISPERSION RELATIONS; EXTERNAL POTENTIAL; MATERIAL PROPERTY; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; SPACE CHARGE LAYERS; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84859397082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.007151     Document Type: Article

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