On surface-plasmon-polariton waves guided by the interface of a metal and a rugate filter with a sinusoidal refractive-index profile. Part II: High-phase-speed solutions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3078-3086

  Atalla, Mahmoud R M ^a   Faryad, Muhammad ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE THICKNESS; FREE SPACES; PHASE SPEED; PLANAR INTERFACE; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; RUGATE FILTER; S-POLARIZED;

PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPEED;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84870156070     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.003078     Document Type: Article

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