Title :
Ultra-compact hybrid plasmonic directional coupler for on-chip optical interconnect
Author :
Shruti ; Sinha, Rakesh K. ; Bhattacharyya, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Delhi Coll. of Eng., New Delhi, India
Abstract :
We present the coupling characteristics of hybrid silicon plasmonic waveguide based directional coupler. The symmetric and antisymmetric supermodes are obtained at a wavelength of 1.55 μm with 75% efficient light at ultra short coupling length of 2.12 μm when the separation gap is 60nm.
Keywords :
optical directional couplers; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; plasmonics; ridge waveguides; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; antisymmetric supermodes; coupling length; on-chip optical interconnect; ridge silicon-on-insulator waveguides; separation gap; symmetric supermodes; ultracompact hybrid plasmonic directional coupler; wavelength 1.55 mum; Finite difference methods; Optical fiber polarization; Photonics; Silicon; Time-domain analysis; Coupler; FDTD; FEM; SPP;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Photonics (WRAP), 2013 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4864-2
DOI :
10.1109/WRAP.2013.6917681
