Direct optical measurement of light coupling into planar waveguide by plasmonic nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 101, 2013, Pages A23-A35

  Pennanen, Antti M ^a   Toppari, J Jussi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; GLASS SLIDES; GUIDED MODES; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HIGH-REFRACTIVE-INDEX MATERIALS; LIGHT COUPLINGS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; THIN LAYERS; THIN-FILM INTERFERENCE; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; WAVEGUIDE EDGE; TRANSMITTANCE AND REFLECTANCES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84872701472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.000A23     Document Type: Article

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