Title :
Numerical design of bidirectional surface plasmonic polaritons wave coupler
Author :
Fu, Zhan ; Gan, Qiaoqiang ; Gao, Kailu ; Wang, Gongtao ; Pan, Zhongqi ; Bartoli, Filbert J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Abstract :
We have investigated the Bragg gratings for surface plasmonic polaritons modes in the metal-dielectric-air waveguide and proposed a bidirectional coupler which is capable to guide the incident light at different wavelengths along two predetermined directions.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical waveguide theory; polaritons; surface plasmons; 2D FDTD numerical simulations; Bragg gratings; bidirectional surface plasmonic polaritons wave coupler design; metal-dielectric-air waveguide; Bragg gratings; Electromagnetic waveguides; Finite difference methods; Metal-insulator structures; Optical coupling; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Surface waves; (050.2770) Gratings; (230.7370) Waveguides; (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
