Hybrid orthogonal junctions: Wideband plasmonic slot-silicon waveguide couplers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 27048-27059

  Lau, Benedict ^a   Swillam, Mohamed A ^a   Helmy, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; PLASMONS;

1550 NM; CENTER WAVELENGTH; COUPLING SCHEME; FABRICATION PROCEDURE; PLASMONIC; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; SIMULATED RESULTS; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; ULTRA WIDE BAND COUPLERS; WIDE-BAND;

WAVEGUIDES;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 78650542450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.027048     Document Type: Article

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