Title :
Fabrication techniques for long range surface plasmon waveguides
Author :
Nezhad, Maziar ; Zamek, Steve ; Pang, Lin ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, La Jolla
Abstract :
We present different techniques for fabricating long-range plasmonic waveguides. Due to the requirement of symmetric cladding, fabrication is highly dependent on the material system used. Results are given for materials such as SU8 and polydimethylsiloxane.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; surface plasmons; long range surface plasmon waveguides; polydimethylsiloxane; Dielectric materials; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Polymers; Semiconductor waveguides; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382551
