Fabrication approaches for metallo-dielectric plasmonic waveguides
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چکیده
Different techniques for fabricating long-range plasmonic metallo-dielectric waveguides are discussed. The approaches depend strongly on the material system in use. Specific results are presented for SU8 and PDMS.
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