Dielectrics covered metal nanowires and nanotubes for low-loss guiding of subwavelength plasmonic modes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1973-1979

  Bian, Yusheng ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Su, Yalin ^a   Xiao, Jing ^a   Liu, Jiansheng ^a   Zhu, Jinsong ^b   Zhou, Tao ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanotubes; nanowires; optical waveguides; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLING; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITON WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDING STRUCTURES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84878286178     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2263217     Document Type: Article

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