Hybrid plasmonic slot waveguides with sidewall slope

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 170-172

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a   Choi, Sung Eul ^b  

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

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronic circuits; plasmonics; waveguides

Indexed keywords

GUIDED MODES; HYBRID MODE; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; METAL OXIDES; PLASMONIC; PLASMONICS; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MOS DEVICES; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84862945268     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2174977     Document Type: Article

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