Hybrid plasmonic waveguide incorporating an additional semiconductor stripe for enhanced optical confinement in the gap region

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bian, Yusheng ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Su, Yalin ^a   Liu, Jiansheng ^a   Zhu, Jinsong ^b   Zhou, Tao ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

integrated photonics; surface plasmon; waveguide

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; PHOTONICS; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDES;

EFFECTIVE MODE AREAS; FABRICATION IMPERFECTIONS; HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; METALLIC SUBSTRATE; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; PUMPING THRESHOLD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84874699040     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/3/035503     Document Type: Article

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