• DocumentCode
    448287
  • Title

    Efficient coupling of nano-plasmonics to micro-photonic circuitry

  • Author

    Ginzburg, Pavel ; Arbel, David ; Orenstein, Meir

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1482
  • Abstract
    An ultrashort (2.5 microns) tapered plasmon waveguide coupler with overall 70% coupling efficiency from a micron size dielectric waveguide to a 50 nm metal-clad plasmon waveguide was proposed, and related plasmonic-oscillatory modes interactions were investigated.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; surface plasmons; 2.5 microns; 50 nm; efficient coupling; metal-clad plasmon waveguide; micron size dielectric waveguide; microphotonic circuitry; nanoplasmonics; plasmonic-oscillatory mode interaction; ultrashort tapered plasmon waveguide coupler; Coupling circuits; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Integrated optics; Optical interconnections; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Waveguide discontinuities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202166
  • Filename
    1573232