Reconfigurable parallel plasmonic transmission lines with nanometer light localization and long propagation distance

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hao, Ran ^a   Cassan, Eric ^b   Xu, Yang ^a   Qiu, Min ^a   Wei, Xing Chang ^a   Li, Er Ping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Data transmission; nanometer confinement; photonic integrated circuits; propagation distance; surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION TOLERANCES; HIGH EXTINCTION RATIOS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION WAVELENGTH; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION LINES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PROPAGATION DISTANCES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PLASMONS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 84877730893     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2237886     Document Type: Article

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