DocumentCode
2119511
Title
Waveguiding in asymmetric hybrid plasmonic structures
Author
Wen Ma ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
fYear
2013
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
568
Lastpage
569
Abstract
Modes in an asymmetric structure consisting of two coupled hybrid plasmonic waveguides is studied. With suitable optimization, these waveguide modes can alleviate significantly the loss-mode volume trade-off that is characteristic of this class of waveguides.
Keywords
optical couplers; optical losses; optical waveguides; optimisation; plasmonics; asymmetric hybrid plasmonic structures; loss-mode volume trade-off; optimization; two coupled hybrid plasmonic waveguides; waveguide modes; Dielectrics; Metals; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Silicon;
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.2013.6656690
Filename
6656690
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