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

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.

surface plasmon
plasmon spectrum
metal layer thickness
dielectric permittivity
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