Compact low loss and broadband hybrid plasmonic directional coupler

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 16029-16034

  Alam, M Z ^a   Caspers, J Niklas ^a   Aitchison, J S ^a   Mojahedi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; PHOTONICS;

BROADBAND COUPLERS; HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; LOW INSERTION LOSS; PHASE DELAY; PLASMONIC DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; POWER COUPLING RATIO; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84879895636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.016029     Document Type: Article

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