Efficient unidirectional polarization-controlled excitation of surface plasmon polaritons

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pors, Anders ^a   Nielsen, Michael G ^a,b   Bernardin, Thomas ^b   Weeber, Jean Claude ^b   Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Gap surface plasmons; Metamaterials; Metasurfaces; Surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; METAMATERIALS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ARBITRARY POLARIZATION; EXCITATION EFFICIENCY; GAP SURFACE PLASMONS; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; METASURFACES; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84905487888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2014.78     Document Type: Article

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