A hybrid plasmonic waveguide for the propagation of surface plasmon polariton at 1.55 μm on SOI substrate

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1031-1036

  Amirhosseini, As'ad ^a   Safian, Reza ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coupling length; Figure of merit (FOM); Silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate; Surface plasmon polariton (SPP)

Indexed keywords

COUPLING LENGTH; FIGURE OF MERIT (FOM); HYBRID PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMONS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR SUBSTRATES; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84888184360     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2013.2263987     Document Type: Article

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