Title :
Strongly confined hybrid plasmonic modes guided by nanowire-embedded-metal grooves for low-loss propagation
Author :
Bian, Yusheng ; Zheng, Zheng ; Su, Yalin ; Liu, Lei ; Liu, Jiansheng ; Zhu, Jinsong ; Zhou, Tao
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
An easy-to-fabricate hybrid plasmonic waveguide consisting of a semiconductor nanowire embedded inside a dielectric-coated V-shaped metal groove is shown to support strongly confined hybrid plasmonic modes avoiding alignment errors.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; nanowires; optical waveguides; plasmonics; dielectric coated V-shaped metal groove; hybrid plasmonic waveguide; low loss propagation; nanowire embedded-metal groove; semiconductor nanowire; strongly confined hybrid plasmonic mode; Metals; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Plasmons; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
