Compact polarization rotator based on surface plasmon polariton with low insertion loss

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 707-714

  Komatsu, Masa Aki ^a   Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

plasmonics; Silicon nanophotonics; waveguide devices

Indexed keywords

3-D FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; COMPACT POLARIZATION; EXTINCTION RATIOS; LOW INSERTION LOSS; MODE-EVOLUTION-BASED POLARIZATION; PLASMONICS; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; SILICON WIRE WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NANOPHOTONICS; SILICA;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84860863975     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2195650     Document Type: Article

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