Title :
High Transmission Efficiency Wavelength Division Multiplexer Based on Metal–Insulator–Metal Plasmonic Waveguides
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Dept., Nat. Kaohsiung Univ. of Appl. Sci., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
A high transmission efficiency multichannel wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) based on metal-insulator-metal (MIM) plasmonic waveguides with ring resonators is proposed and investigated numerically. The two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method was used to simulate the proposed structure. The transmission efficiency of each channel is higher than 86.74%. The simulation results show that the proposed MIM waveguide with ring resonators could really function as a WDM. It would be a potential key component in the applications of the all-optical signal procession and communication systems.
Keywords :
MIM devices; finite difference time-domain analysis; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical resonators; optical waveguide theory; plasmonics; wavelength division multiplexing; MIM plasmonic waveguides; WDM; all-optical signal procession; communication systems; high transmission efficiency multichannel wavelength division multiplexer; metal-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguides; ring resonators; two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Plasmons; Resonator filters; Wavelength division multiplexing; Metal-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguides; Metal???insulator???metal plasmonic waveguides; Surface plasmon polariton; Wavelength-Division-Multiplexer; ring-resonator; surface plasmon polariton; wavelength division multiplexer;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2014.2359938
