Analysis of dielectric loaded surface plasmon waveguide structures: Transfer matrix method for plasmonic devices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  He, Xiao Yong ^a   Wang, Qi Jie ^a,b   Yu, Siu Fung ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION SPEED; EFFECTIVE TOOL; INTEGRATED PHOTONIC DEVICES; NEAR INFRARED; PLASMONIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON WAVEGUIDE; TERA HERTZ; WAVEGUIDE PROPERTIES; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84861728397     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3703468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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