Use of a near-field optical probe to locally launch surface plasmon polaritons on plasmonic waveguides: A study by the finite difference time domain method

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 64, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 453-458

  Hwang, B S ^a   Kwon, M H ^a   Kim, Jeongyong ^a  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffraction limit; Energy transportation; FDTD; Local excitation; Propagation length; SNOM

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INCIDENT LIGHT; NANOSPHERES; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONICS; PROBES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DIFFRACTION LIMITS; ENERGY TRANSPORTATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; LOCAL EXCITATION; NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL PROBES; PLASMON-POLARITONS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE-PLASMON;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; NEAR FIELD OPTICAL PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 9644270321     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20103     Document Type: Article

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