Title :
Surface Plasmon Coplanar Waveguides: Mode Characteristics and Mode Conversion Losses
Author :
Jung, Kyung-Young ; Teixeira, Fernando L. ; Reano, Ronald M.
fDate :
5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We investigate characteristics of modes supported by a surface plasmon (SP) coplanar waveguide (CPW) and contrast them against those of SP gap waveguide (GW) mode. We illustrate that the SP CPW can yield higher mode confinement versus the SP GW. In addition, we analyze 90deg bend structures to investigate mode conversion losses associated with discontinuities and we further propose a modified SP CPW to alleviate these losses.
Keywords :
coplanar waveguides; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; surface plasmons; SP CPW; SP gap waveguide mode; bend structure; mode conversion loss; surface plasmon coplanar waveguide; Integrated optics; optical waveguides; surface plasmons (SPs);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2015578
