Title :
Polarization control in silicon-on-insulator waveguides using gap plasmon polaritons
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI
Abstract :
Resonant coupling to highly confined plasmonic modes in a metal-dielectric nanoscale multilayer on top of a silicon guiding core is proposed for polarization control in silicon-on-insulator waveguides.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light polarisation; optical control; optical waveguides; polaritons; silicon-on-insulator; surface plasmons; Si; gap plasmon polaritons; metal-dielectric nanoscale multilayer; polarization control; silicon-on-insulator waveguides; Electromagnetic waveguides; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Silicon compounds; Silicon on insulator technology; Waveguide discontinuities; (130.2790) Guided waves; (240.5445) Polarization-selective devices; (240.6680) Surface plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
