Title :
Investigation of long-range surface plasmon polariton propagation in a multi-layer structure
Author :
Banan, Behnam ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron. & Appl. Phys., R. Inst. of Technol. (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
We theoretically demonstrate the propagation of long-range surface plasmon polariton (LR-SPP) with higher mode confinement at 1.55 μm. The multi-layer structure surrounds a 10 nm thick gold strip waveguide with a width of 2 μm.
Keywords :
gold; metallic thin films; optical multilayers; optical waveguides; polaritons; surface plasmons; LR-SPP; gold strip waveguide; long-range surface plasmon polariton propagation; mode confinement; multilayer structure; size 10 nm; size 2 mum; wavelength 1.55 mum;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698872
