Nanoplasmonic waveguides: Towards applications in integrated nanophotonic circuits

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fang, Yurui ^a,b   Sun, Mengtao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

nanophotonics; plasmonic chip; plasmonic circuit; surface plasmons; waveguide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

CIRCUIT COMPONENTS; NANOPHOTONIC CIRCUITS; NANOPLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONIC CHIP; PLASMONIC CIRCUITS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATING SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84930627416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2015.67     Document Type: Review

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