Title :
Quasi-coplanar plasmonic waveguide for ultracompact photonic integrated circuits
Author :
Lee, Jiwon ; Kim, Jaeyoun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel metal-dielectric structure called quasi-coplanar waveguide for subwavelength scale confinement and guiding of surface plasmon-polaritons. 2D/3D simulations show that various nanoscale photonic integrated circuit elements can be implemented with the structure.
Keywords :
coplanar waveguides; optical planar waveguides; polaritons; surface plasmons; metal-dielectric structure; nanoscale photonic integrated circuit elements; quasicoplanar plasmonic waveguide; subwavelength scale confinement; surface plasmon-polaritons; Photonic integrated circuits; Plasmons; (130.2790) Guided waves; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (250.5403) Plasmonics;
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
