Calculation of waveguide modes in linear chains of metallic nanorods

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 827-832

  Tserkezis, Christos ^a   Stefanou, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; NANORODS;

COUPLED DIPOLES; CRITICAL EVALUATION; DISSIPATIVE LOSS; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; LAYER-MULTIPLE-SCATTERING; LINEAR CHAIN; METALLIC NANORODS; PERIODIC CHAINS; PLASMON WAVEGUIDE; SILVER NANORODS; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84861367137     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000827     Document Type: Article

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