Title :
A novel type of hybrid plasmonic waveguide with low-loss and high confinement
Author :
Guangyuan Li ; Anshi Xu
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel type of plasmonic waveguide consists of periodic metallic gratings sandwiched at the core-cladding interfaces is proposed. Long propagation distances over hundreds of micrometer, subwavelength mode width and high confinement factor are achieved.
Keywords :
claddings; diffraction gratings; light propagation; optical losses; optical waveguides; plasmonics; core-cladding interfaces; high confinement factor; hybrid plasmonic waveguide; low optical loss; propagation distances; sandwiched periodic metallic gratings; subwavelength mode width; Dielectrics; Gratings; Metals; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Refractive index; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
