Propagation characteristics of coupled surface plasmon polaritons in PVDF slab waveguides at terahertz frequencies

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Shruti, ^a   Sinha, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Srivastava, Triranjita ^a   Bhattacharyya, Ragunath ^a  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

finite element method (FEM); polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF); surface plasmon polariton (SPP); terahertz (THz)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES;

PLASMON-LIKE EXCITATIONS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84874728163     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/3/035001     Document Type: Article

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