Title :
Ultracompact wavelength-selective silicon-based plasmonic components
Author :
Chu, Hong-Son ; Akimov, Yuriy A. ; Bai, Ping ; Li, Er-Ping ; Hoefer, Wolfgang J R
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Photonics Dept., A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
High performance of a ring resonator and add-drop multiplexer with extremely small ring radius (1 or 2 μm) and a sub-wavelength confinement area of λ2/1200 is reported. It has been achieved using the silicon-based hybrid dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguide approach.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; multiplexing equipment; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; add-drop multiplexer; ring radius; ring resonator; silicon-based hybrid dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguide; size 1 mum; size 2 mum; subwavelength confinement area; ultracompact wavelength-selective plasmonic components; Optical diffraction; Optical interferometry; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguide components; Plasmons; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
