Title :
A hybrid plasmonic directional coupler for on-chip optical interconnect
Author :
Alam, M.Z. ; Aitchison, J.S. ; Mojahedi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We present the design of a polarization independent directional coupler using the recently proposed hybrid plasmonic waveguide. The device is very compact, compatible with SOI platform, and can be used for on-chip optical interconnect applications.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical interconnections; plasmonics; silicon-on-insulator; SOI; hybrid plasmonic directional coupler; on-chip optical interconnect; optical interconnect; surface plasmon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224429
