Theoretical analysis of hybrid plasmonic waveguide

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Alam, M Z ^a   Aitchison, J Stewart ^a   Mojahedi, Mo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupled mode analysis; plasmons; surface waves; waveguides

Indexed keywords

COUPLED-MODE ANALYSIS; HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; METAL-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; METHOD OF ANALYSIS; MODAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDE DIMENSIONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; SURFACE WAVES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84877741508     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2238894     Document Type: Article

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