DocumentCode
1166502
Title
A Low-Loss Surface Plasmonic Bragg Grating
Author
Mu, Jian-Wei ; Huang, Wei-Ping
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON
Volume
27
Issue
4
fYear
2009
Firstpage
436
Lastpage
439
Abstract
A low-loss Bragg grating structure based on insulator-metal-insulator surface plasmonic waveguide is investigated theoretically. Performance of the gratings is simulated by rigorous numerical methods and interesting features, such as low scattering and absorption losses and more symmetrical reflection spectra, etc., are demonstrated against key design parameters.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; integrated optics; numerical analysis; optical losses; optical waveguides; reflectivity; surface plasmons; absorption loss; insulator-metal-insulator surface plasmonic waveguide; integrated photonic circuit; low scattering phenomena; low-loss Bragg grating; rigorous numerical method simulation; symmetrical reflection spectra; Absorption; Bragg gratings; Insulation; Numerical simulation; Performance loss; Plasmons; Reflection; Scattering parameters; Surface waves; Waveguide theory; Bragg gratings; complex mode matching method; insulator-metal-insulator (IMI); surface plasma polariton (SPP);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.2008.928961
Filename
4785434
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