Title :
Surface enhanced plasmonic coupling via localized silver nanoparticles between silicon slabs
Author :
Dillu, Venus ; Sinha, Rakesh K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Delhi Technol. Univ., New Delhi, India
Abstract :
We present surface enhanced plasmonic coupling through hexagonal silver nanoparticles sandwiched between silicon slabs. Periodicity of the nanoparticles and coupling length is optimized using computational methods. Plasmons assist signal routing and coupling within the waveguides.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nanoparticles; optical waveguides; silicon; silver; surface plasmons; Ag-Si; coupling length; hexagonal silver nanoparticles; localized silver nanoparticles; periodicity; signal coupling; signal routing; silicon slabs; surface enhanced plasmonic coupling; waveguides; Couplings; Integrated circuit interconnections; Plasmons; Silicon; Silver; Slabs; coupling; silicon; silver nanoparticles; surface plasmon;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Photonics (WRAP), 2013 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4864-2
DOI :
10.1109/WRAP.2013.6917636
