Simulations of nanometric optical circuits by surface plasmon polariton gap waveguide

Author

Tanaka, Kazuo ; Tanaka, Mashiro ; Katayama, Kiyofumi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eelectronics & Comput. Eng., Gifu Univ., Gifu

fYear

2008

fDate

June 29 2008-July 2 2008

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

64

Abstract

The guided waves in the surface plasmon polariton gap waveguide (SPGW) excited through an aperture have been investigated by the three-dimensional simulations using a volume integral equation. The complex propagation constants of the guided waves have been calculated from the simulated optical fields using the least-squares fitting. Applications of SPGWs to nanosize E-plane planar optical circuits are also demonstrated.

Keywords

integral equations; least squares approximations; micro-optics; nanotechnology; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguides; polaritons; surface plasmons; complex propagation constants; least-squares fitting; nanosize E-plane planar optical circuits; surface plasmon polariton gap waveguide; three-dimensional simulations; volume integral equation; Apertures; Circuit simulation; Integral equations; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Propagation constant; Surface fitting; Surface waves; Waveguide discontinuities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, 2008. MMET 2008. 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Odesa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2284-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMET.2008.4580897

Filename

4580897