Metallic nanoparticle chains on dielectric waveguides: Coupled and uncoupled situations compared

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 24504-24513

  Février, Mickaël ^a,b,c   Gogol, Philippe ^a,b   Lourtioz, Jean Michel ^a,b   Dagens, Béatrice ^a,b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LASER OPTICS; NANOPARTICLES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

DIPOLAR COUPLINGS; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METALLIC NANOPARTICLE CHAINS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL BEHAVIOR; OPTICAL POWER TRANSMISSION; SILICON WAVEGUIDE;

CHAINS;

EID: 84886385449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.024504     Document Type: Article

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