Title :
Experimental realization of sub-wavelength plasmonic slot waveguides and couplers on Silicon-on-Insulator
Author :
Han, Z. ; Elezzabi, A.Y. ; Van, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
Sub-wavelength plasmonic slot waveguides and broadband couplers were monolithically integrated with Si waveguides on SOI. Plasmonic waveguide propagation length of 6λ was achieved along with a 30% coupling efficiency between the Si and plasmonic waveguides.
Keywords :
Argon; Couplers; Gold; Milling; Optical coupling; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Silicon on insulator technology; Sputter etching;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
