Excitation of multiple surface-plasmon-polariton waves using a compound surface-relief grating

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Faryad, Muhammad ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

grating coupling; rugate filter; surface multiplasmonics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

GRATING COUPLING; INTEGRAL NUMBERS; MULTIPLE SURFACES; POLARIZATION STATE; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVES; RUGATE FILTER; SPATIAL PROFILES; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84874501268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.061701     Document Type: Article

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