Analytical model for plasmon modes in graphene-coated nanowire

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 24322-24331

  Gao, Yixiao ^a   Ren, Guobin ^a   Zhu, Bofeng ^a   Liu, Huaiqing ^a   Lian, Yudong ^a   Jian, Shuisheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GRAPHENE; NANOWIRES; PERMITTIVITY;

AZIMUTHAL FIELD; DIELECTRIC NANOWIRES; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DISPERSION RELATIONS; EIGEN EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPRESSION; PHASE FACTOR; PLASMON MODES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84907681707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.024322     Document Type: Article

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