Surface plasmon polaritons in dielectric/metal/dielectric structures: metal layer thickness influence

2019;
: pp. 109-115
https://doi.org/10.23939/mmc2019.01.109
Received: March 20, 2019
Revised: May 25, 2019
Accepted: June 06, 2019

Math. Model. Comput. Vol.6, No.1, pp.109-115 (2019)

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Lviv Polytechnic National University
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Lviv Polytechnic National University

A model is proposed and studied that makes it possible to explain experimental data on a metal layer thickness influence on  the spectrum of SPPs waves in heterogeneous dielectric/metal/dielectric structures.

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