• 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