Enhanced optical forces in integrated hybrid plasmonic waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 11839-11851

  Li, Huan ^a   Noh, Jong W ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Li, Mo ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DEVICE FABRICATIONS; EXCESSIVE LOSS; HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; MACH ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICAL MOTIONS; NANOMECHANICAL; NON-IDEALITIES; PROPAGATION LOSS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROMANIPULATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROMANIPULATION; REFRACTOMETRY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84878563214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.011839     Document Type: Article

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