Experimental demonstration of vertical Cu-SiO 2-Si hybrid plasmonic waveguide components on an SOI platform

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1224-1226

  Zhu, Shiyang ^a   Lo, Guo Qiang ^a   Kwong, Dim Lee ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Photonic integrated circuits; plasmonic waveguide; waveguide ring resonator (WRR)

Indexed keywords

CMOS COMPATIBILITY; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; NANOPHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; Q-FACTORS; SILICON ON INSULATOR; STANDARD COMPLEMENTARY METALOXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) TECHNOLOGIES; STRIP WAVEGUIDES; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; WAVEGUIDE-RING RESONATOR (WRR);

NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84862297700     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2199979     Document Type: Article

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