Analytical model for metal-insulator-metal mesh waveguide architectures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3157-3169

  Lin, Charles ^a   Swillam, Mohamed A ^b   Helmy, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; IMPEDANCE MODELS; MESH ARCHITECTURE; MESH STRUCTURES; METAL ABSORPTION; METAL INSULATOR METALS; PLASMONIC; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; RESONANT DEVICE; SCATTERING MATRICES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRY;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MODELS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 84870209744     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.003157     Document Type: Article

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