• DocumentCode
    2119225
  • Title

    Low-loss wedge hybrid plasmonic terahertz waveguide with ultra-small subwavelength mode area

  • Author

    Chengcheng Gui ; Jian Wang ; Zhonglai Zhang ; Zuowei Xie ; Jing Du ; Yun Long

  • Author_Institution
    Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    550
  • Lastpage
    551
  • Abstract
    We design a novel wedge hybrid terahertz (THz) plasmonic waveguide which features longer propagation length and deep-subwavelength mode confinement. It offers improved propagation length, normalized mode area and figure of merit 1.4, 13.5 and 5.3 times compared to the rectangular hybrid THz waveguide.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; microwave photonics; optical design techniques; optical losses; optical waveguides; plasmonics; terahertz waves; THz plasmonic waveguide; deep-subwavelength mode confinement; figure of merit; low-loss wedge hybrid plasmonic terahertz waveguide; normalized mode area; propagation length; ultrasmall subwavelength mode area; Attenuation; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Rectangular waveguides; Silicon; Waveguide discontinuities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656681
  • Filename
    6656681