Modal Properties of Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguides for Nanolaser Applications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 535-537

  Zhu, Lin ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid plasmonic waveguides; nanolasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008036917     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2041923     Document Type: Article

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