Title :
Widely tunable waveguide filters based on long-range surface plasmon polaritons
Author :
Lee, Jongwon ; Lu, Feng ; Belkin, Mikhail A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We report widely tunable waveguide filters based on long-range surface plasmon polaritons. A 0.004 variation in the refractive index of the top filter cladding dielectric translates into 210 nm of bandpass tuning at telecom wavelengths.
Keywords :
claddings; dielectric materials; gold; optical tuning; optical waveguide filters; polaritons; refractive index; surface plasmons; Au-SiO2-SiSiO2-Si; bandpass tuning; long-range surface plasmon polaritons; refractive index; telecom wavelengths; top filter cladding dielectric; wavelength 210 nm; widely tunable waveguide filters; Band pass filters; Dielectrics; Optical fiber filters; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110403
