Size dependence of bandgaps in a two-dimensional plasmonic crystal with a hexagonal lattice

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2524-2540

  Saito, Hikaru ^a   Yamamoto, Naoki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GROUP THEORY; OPTICAL LATTICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BAND EDGE ENERGY; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; PLASMONIC CRYSTALS; PLASMONIC DEVICES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SIZE DEPENDENCE; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

SURFACE PLASMONS;

EID: 84922821600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.002524     Document Type: Article

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