Copper nanorod array assisted silicon waveguide polarization beam splitter

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 9508-9516

  Kim, Sangsik ^a   Qi, Minghao ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; PRISMS; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FULLY COMPATIBLE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC MODES; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODES;

NANORODS;

COPPER; NANOTUBE; SILICON; SILVER;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NANOTUBES; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84898997043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.009508     Document Type: Article

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