Analysis and design of hybrid ARROW-B plasmonic waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1502-1507

  Shruti, ^a   Sinha, R K ^a   Bhattacharyya, R ^a  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLITONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTIONS; HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; VISIBLE FREQUENCIES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84882981900     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.30.001502     Document Type: Article

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