• DocumentCode
    2300964
  • Title

    49 Gbit/s optical transmission through long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguide

  • Author

    Banan, B. ; Hai, M.S. ; Lisicka-Skrzek, E. ; Berini, P. ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montréal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    278
  • Lastpage
    279
  • Abstract
    We experimentally characterize a plasmonic waveguide and demonstrate its capability of transmitting an optical signal at 49 Gbit/s. The 3.6-mm long gold strip embedded in Cytop polymer exhibits 13.2 dB optical insertion loss.
  • Keywords
    light transmission; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; plasmonics; polaritons; surface plasmons; Cytop polymer; bit rate 49 Gbit/s; long gold strip; long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguide; loss 13.2 dB; optical insertion loss; optical signal; optical transmission; size 3.6 mm; Gold; Loss measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Strips;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358600
  • Filename
    6358600