Polymer-based long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguides for 10-gbps optical signal transmission applications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1510-1518

  Ju, Jung Jin ^a   Park, Suntak ^a   Kim, Min su ^a   Kim, Tae Kim ^a,b   Park, Seung Koo ^a   Park, Yoon Jung ^c   Lee, Myung Hyun ^c  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Au strip waveguide; Integrated optics; Low loss polymer; Optical signal transmission; Surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; CLADDING (COATING); CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC REACTORS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARTICLE OPTICS; PHONONS; PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; POLYMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

(HI-BI) WAVEGUIDE; CLADDING MATERIALS; COUPLING LOSSES; LOSS PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; POWER PENALTIES; PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS; PROPAGATION LOSS (PL); SINGLE-MODE FIBER (SMF); STRIP WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPPS); SURFACE PLASMON-POLARITON WAVEGUIDES; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS;

GOLD ALLOYS;

EID: 46349084637     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.923216     Document Type: Article

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