Title :
Low-loss graphene plasmonic waveguide based on a highindex dielectric wedge for tight optical confinement
Author :
Yu Sun ; Yusheng Bian ; Xin Zhao ; Zheng Zheng ; Jianwei Liu ; Jiansheng Liu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A plasmonic waveguide consisting of a graphene monolayer placed above a high-index dielectric wedge is shown to support strongly confined plasmonic modes with low loss, which outperforms the conventional graphene ribbon waveguides.
Keywords :
graphene; integrated optics; monolayers; optical losses; optical materials; optical waveguides; plasmonics; C; conventional graphene ribbon waveguides; graphene monolayer; high-index dielectric wedge; low-loss graphene plasmonic waveguide; strongly confined plasmonic modes; tight optical confinement; Chemicals; Graphene; Indexes; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Waveguide discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
