Adjustable subwavelength localization in a hybrid plasmonic waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 7427-7438

  Belan, S ^a,b   Vergeles, S ^a,b   Vorobev, P ^a,b  

^a LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); PERMITTIVITY;

HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CYLINDERS; SUB-WAVELENGTH LOCALIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITON MODES; WAVEGUIDE DESIGN;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84875741780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.007427     Document Type: Article

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