Compact on-chip plasmonic light concentration based on a hybrid photonic-plasmonic structure

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1898-1910

  Luo, Ye ^a   Chamanzar, Maysamreza ^a   Adibi, Ali ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; WAVEGUIDES;

FIELD CONCENTRATIONS; INTEGRATED PLATFORM; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LIGHT CONCENTRATORS; LIGHT ENERGY; NANO-FOCUSING; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL FIELD; PLASMONIC; SIZE PARAMETERS; TIP RADIUS; VERTICAL COUPLING; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WIDE-BAND;

PLASMONS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHTING; MINIATURIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874066245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.001898     Document Type: Article

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