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
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