Nanocouplers for infrared and visible light

Advances in OptoElectronics

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Andryieuski, A ^a   Lavrinenko, A V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; PLASMONIC; TAPERED WAVEGUIDE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

METAMATERIALS;

NANOPHOTONICS;

EID: 84867749018     PISSN: 1687563X     EISSN: 16875648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/839747     Document Type: Review

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