Title :
Waveguiding in asymmetric hybrid plasmonic structures
Author :
Wen Ma ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Modes in an asymmetric structure consisting of two coupled hybrid plasmonic waveguides is studied. With suitable optimization, these waveguide modes can alleviate significantly the loss-mode volume trade-off that is characteristic of this class of waveguides.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical losses; optical waveguides; optimisation; plasmonics; asymmetric hybrid plasmonic structures; loss-mode volume trade-off; optimization; two coupled hybrid plasmonic waveguides; waveguide modes; Dielectrics; Metals; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656690
