An optical-sensing modality that exploits Dyakonov–Tamm waves

Photonics Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-8

  Abbas, Farhat ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b   Naqvi, Qaisar A ^a   Faryad, Muhammad ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Guided wave applications; Surface waves; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SURFACE WAVES; THIN FILMS;

ANALYTES; DYNAMIC SENSITIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; HOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRICS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; OPTICAL SENSING; SURFACE-PLASMON POLARITON; WAVEGUIDING;

FLUIDS;

EID: 84941063598     PISSN: 23279125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.3.000005     Document Type: Article

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