Title :
A wedge-to-wedge plasmonic waveguide for subwavelength confinement and long-range propagation
Author :
Mingzhao Song ; Ran Hao ; Jiamin Jin ; Erping Li
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
We propose a novel surface plasmon-polariton waveguide constructed by a wedge-to-wedge structure. The waveguide is based on the metal-insulator-metal mechanism, which enables nanometer light confinement and keeps longer propagation length at the telecom wavelengths.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; plasmonics; polaritons; surface plasmons; long-range propagation; metal-insulator-metal mechanism; nanometer light confinement; propagation length; subwavelength confinement; surface plasmon-polariton waveguide; telecom wavelengths; wedge-to-wedge plasmonic waveguide; wedge-to-wedge structure;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
