T- and Y-splitters based on an Au/SiO2 nanoring chain at an optical communication band

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2784-2793

  Ahmadivand, A ^a   Golmohammadi, S ^b   Rostami, A ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIGHT VELOCITY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORINGS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ENERGY TRANSPORTATION; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; INTEGRATED NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION BANDS; STRONG CONFINEMENT; SUITABLE CONDITIONS; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84861375864     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.002784     Document Type: Article

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