Plasmonic wave propagation in silver nanowires: Guiding modes or not?

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8587-8595

  Li, Qiang ^a   Qiu, Min ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CUTOFF RADIUS; GUIDING MODE; INTERFACE MODE; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; PLASMONIC; PROPAGATION MODE; SILVER NANOWIRES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

NANOTUBE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84875991932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.008587     Document Type: Article

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