Conformal surface plasmons propagating on ultrathin and flexible films

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-45

  Shen, Xiaopeng ^a   Cui, Tie Jun ^a,b   Martin Cano, Diego ^b   Garcia Vidal, Francisco J ^b,c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Plasmonics; Waveguiding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FILM; FLEXIBLE FILM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRATHIN FILM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; METALS; MICROWAVES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84871991219     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210417110     Document Type: Article

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