Title :
Widely wavelength tunable optical filters using characteristics of long-range surface plasmon polaritons
Author :
Lee, J. ; Lu, F. ; Belkin, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We report widely tunable optical band-pass filters based on long-range surface plasmon polaritons. A 210nm of wavelength tuning is achieved with a 0.004 variation in the refractive index of the top filter cladding dielectric.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; cladding techniques; optical filters; optical tuning; polaritons; surface plasmon resonance; long-range surface plasmon polaritons; refractive index; top filter cladding dielectric; wavelength 210 nm; wavelength tuning; widely tunable optical band-pass filters; Band pass filters; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber filters; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
