Investigation of Surface Optical Waves for Optical Signal Processing.
Abstract
Properties of surface polaritons are investigated which may be applied to the processing of CO2 laser radar signals. Experimental measurement has been made of the dispersion and propagation lengths of surface plasmons and surface phonon-polaritons at 10.6 micrometers. Analytical studies were made of scattering of surface polaritons and Rayleigh waves, surface polaritons propagating on a periodically rough surface, dispersion characteristics of surface polaritons in layered structures, coupling of an optical beam by the prism and grating methods and electro-optic phase modulation of a surface optical wave.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA013494
Entities
People
- D. L. Mills
- J. D. Mcmullen