Title :
Routing and detection of light on deeply subwavelength scale in two-conductor metallic slot waveguides
Author :
Balram, Krishna C. ; Ly-Gagnon, Dany-Sebastien ; White, Justin S. ; Wahl, Pierre ; Brongersma, Mark L. ; Miller, David A B
Author_Institution :
Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate propagation, routing round bends and integrated detection of light on a deeply sub-wavelength scale in two-conductor metallic slot waveguides. Light with cross-section ~ λ2/100 propagates ~10λ at 850nm in good agreement with simulations.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical waveguides; deeply subwavelength scale; integrated light detection; routing round bends; two-conductor metallic slot waveguides; wavelength 850 nm; Couplers; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Plasmons; Semiconductor device measurement; Semiconductor waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
