Low bending loss characteristics of hybrid plasmonic waveguide for flexible optical interconnect

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 24213-24220

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a   Park, Suntak ^a   Ju, Jung Jin ^a   Lee, Sangjun ^b   Kim, Sangin ^b  

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

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PLASMONS;

BENDING LOSS; BENDING RADIUS; CLADDING LAYER; GUIDED MODES; HIGH INDEX; LOW BENDING LOSS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECT; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; RADIATION LOSS; SIMULATION RESULT;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 78149424479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024213     Document Type: Article

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