CMOS-compatible hybrid plasmonic waveguide for subwavelength light confinement and on-chip integration

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 206-208

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a  

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

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit; integrated optics; optical interconnections; subwavelength waveguide; surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

CMOS COMPATIBLE; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; CORE LAYERS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; DIELECTRIC SLABS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; FIELD INTENSITY; GUIDED MODES; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX CONTRASTS; HYBRID MODE; HYBRID SURFACE; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; MICROSTRIPES; ON-CHIP INTEGRATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTIONS; PLANAR LIGHT-WAVE CIRCUITS; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION LOSS; SI-BASED; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBWAVELENGTH WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 79251508638     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2096805     Document Type: Article

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