Analysis of hybrid dielectric-plasmonic slot waveguide structures with 3D Fourier modal methods

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ctyroky J ^a   Kwiecien, P ^b   Richter, I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fourier modal method; Hybrid dielectric plasmonic waveguide; Plasmonic waveguides; Subwavelength confinement

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER RESONATORS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BASIC BUILDING BLOCK; FIGURES OF MERITS; FOURIER MODAL METHOD; HYBRID DIELECTRICS; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; WAVEGUIDE PARAMETER;

PLASMONICS;

EID: 84875550522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2013.13024     Document Type: Article

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