Title :
Polymer Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguides and Microring Resonators
Author :
Horvath, Cameron ; Bachman, Daniel ; Wu, Marcelo ; Perron, David ; Van, Vien
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We report the design and fabrication of hybrid plasmonic waveguides based on the Au/SiO2/SU-8 material system. Monolithic integration of these devices with dielectric SU-8 waveguides on the same chip enabled efficient and broadband coupling between photonic and plasmonic devices to be achieved. Compact hybrid plasmonic microring resonators were also demonstrated with high intrinsic Q-factors close to 300.
Keywords :
Q-factor; gold; integrated optics; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical resonators; optical waveguides; plasmonics; silicon compounds; Au-SiO2; broadband coupling; compact hybrid plasmonic microring resonators; dielectric waveguides; intrinsic Q-factors; monolithic integration; polymer hybrid plasmonic waveguides; Couplings; Dielectrics; Gold; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Conductor-gap-dielectric waveguides; hybrid plasmonic waveguides; microring resonators; surface plasmons;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2011.2159784
