Title : 
Vertically asymmetric curved long-range plasmonic waveguide
         
        
            Author : 
Lee, Sang Jun ; Kim, Sangin ; Lim, Hanjo
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present a remarkable vertical bending loss reduction by introducing asymmetry in LR-SPP waveguides. The improvement is attributed to the balance between the outer radiation due to the bending and the internal radiation due to the asymmetry.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical waveguides; plasmonics; internal radiation; long-range plasmonic waveguide; vertical bending loss reduction; Plasmons;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Busan
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-5416-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-5417-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5325685