Subwavelength polarization beam splitter with controllable splitting ratio based on surface plasmon polaritons

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 314-321

  Chen, Yuanyuan ^a   Song, Gang ^a   Xiao, Jinghua ^a   Yu, Li ^a   Zhang, Jiasen ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PRISMS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

AG NANOWIRES; HIGH ORDER MODE; INCIDENT LIGHT; NANOWIRE STRUCTURES; NEAR-FIELD COUPLING; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SINGLE NANOWIRES; SPLITTING RATIO; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84872728874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.000314     Document Type: Article

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