Generation of Surface Plasmons at Waveguide Surfaces in the Mid-Infrared Region

Plasmonics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 647-652

  Esteban, Óscar ^a   González Cano, Agustín ^b   Mizaikoff, Boris ^c   Díaz Herrera, Natalia ^b   Navarrete, María Cruz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrugated waveguides; Mid infrared; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868570537     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-012-9354-4     Document Type: Article

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