Surface plasmon polaritons propagation through a Schottky junction: Influence of the inversion layer

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wijesinghe, T M ^a   Premaratne, M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active plasmonics; Material gain; Modal gain; Schottky junction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PLASMONICS; MATERIAL GAIN; MODAL GAIN; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

EID: 84885683030     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2256114     Document Type: Article

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