Title :
Compact couplers between dielectric and metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides
Author :
Veronis, Georgios ; Shin, Wonseok ; Fan, Shanhui
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., Stanford
Abstract :
We theoretically investigate the properties of compact couplers between high- index-contrast dielectric waveguides and metal-dielectric-metal subwavelength plasmonic waveguides. We show that they can be designed to have high transmission efficiency over a broad range of wavelengths.
Keywords :
dielectric waveguides; optical couplers; plasmonics; compact couplers; dielectric waveguides; metal-dielectric-metal plasmonic waveguides; subwavelength plasmonic waveguides; transmission efficiency; Couplers; Dielectrics; Magnetic fields; Optical propagation; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Waveguide theory; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453138
