Unidirectional surface plasmon-polariton excitation by a compact slot partially filled with dielectric

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5949-5956

  Li, Dongdong ^a   Hua Zhang, Dao ^a   Yan, Changchun ^b   Li, Tao ^c   Wang, Yueke ^a   Xu, Zhengji ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Qin, Fei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONS;

FIELD MANIPULATION; FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INCIDENT ANGLES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; WIDE SPECTRUM;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION;

EID: 84875124466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.005949     Document Type: Article

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