Title :
Broadband efficient hybrid plasmonic nano-junctions
Author :
Lin, Charles ; Wong, Herman M K ; Lau, Benedict ; Swillam, Mohamed A. ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The experimental realization of a nanoscale, high efficiency, and non-resonant broadband orthogonal junction as a coupling scheme between plasmonic slot and silicon waveguide is presented. This serves as an enabling platform for hybrid plasmonic interconnects.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; plasmonics; silicon; Si; broadband efficient hybrid plasmonic nano-junctions; coupling scheme; hybrid plasmonic interconnects; non-resonant broadband orthogonal junction; plasmonic slot waveguide; Couplings; Hybrid junctions; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Propagation losses; Silicon; optical design and fabrication; optical interconnects; plasmonic; subwavelength structures; surface plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358804
