Title :
Design, fabrication and characterization of wideband ultra compact coupler between plasmonic slot and silicon waveguides
Author :
Lau, Benedict ; Swillam, Mohamed A. ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Dept., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Novel ultra compact and wideband couplers between silicon and plasmonic slot waveguides are analyzed, characterized, and fabricated. An orthogonal junction configuration is employed for coupling between silicon waveguide and 50 nm plasmonic slot.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; plasmonics; silicon-on-insulator; Si; orthogonal junction configuration; plasmonic slot waveguides; size 50 nm; wideband ultra compact coupler;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
