Effect of grating period on the excitation of multiple surface-plasmon- polariton waves guided by the interface of a metal grating and a photonic crystal

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8620, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hall, Anthony S ^a   Faryad, Muhammad ^b   Barber, Greg D ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b   Mallouk, Thomas E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

grating coupled configuration; photonic crystal; photovoltaics; surface plasmon polariton wave

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ANGULAR LOCATIONS; GRATING-COUPLED CONFIGURATION; ONE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE-PLASMON; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EXCITED STATES; PHONONS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; WAVES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84878538007     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2005973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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