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Characteristics of Symmetric Surface Plasmon Polariton Mode in Glass–Metal–Glass Waveguide

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The propagation characteristics of symmetric surface plasmon polariton mode in a glass–metal–glass waveguide are presented. Gallium lanthanum sulfide has been taken as the glass and silver (Ag) has been used as the metal. The analysis has been done both numerically and analytically. A two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain-based simulation model has been developed in order to analyze the propagation characteristics numerically. The obtained results using numerical and analytical methods have been compared and a very good agreement has been found.

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Saber, M.G., Sagor, R.H. Characteristics of Symmetric Surface Plasmon Polariton Mode in Glass–Metal–Glass Waveguide. Plasmonics 8, 1621–1625 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9579-x

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