Transmittance and surface intensity in 3D composite plasmonic waveguides

A detailed theoretical study of composite plasmonic waveguide structures is reported. Expressions for modal expansion coefficients, optical transmittance and surface intensity are presented and used to describe the behavior of dielectric channel waveguides containing a short gold-coated section. The...

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Main Authors: Karabchevsky, Alina (Author), Wilkinson, James S. (Author), Zervas, Michalis N. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015-06-01.
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