Title :
Strong light confinement in a metal-assisted silicon slot waveguide
Author :
Ishizaka, Yuhei ; Nagai, Masaharu ; Saitoh, Kunimasa
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
A metal-assisted silicon slot waveguide is presented. Numerical results show that the proposed structure achieves a strong light confinement in a low-index region, which leads to the improvement of the sensitivity in refractive index sensors.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical sensors; optical waveguides; refractive index measurement; silicon; Si; low-index region; metal-assisted silicon slot waveguide; refractive index sensors; sensitivity; strong light confinement; Metals; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Refractive index; Sensitivity; Sensors; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
