Wideband optical filters with small gap coupled subwavelength metal structures

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 419-421

  Zhang, Boyang ^a   Guo, Junpeng ^a   Lindquist, Robert ^a   Yin, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal optics; Optical filter

Indexed keywords

BAND-STOP FILTERS; DECAY LENGTH; EQUIVALENT TRANSMISSION LINE; GAP SIZE; METAL STRUCTURES; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; PLASMONIC; REFLECTION SPECTRA; SMALL GAPS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS; WIDEBAND OPTICAL FILTERS;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

METALS;

EID: 84863167156     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2183584     Document Type: Article

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