Compact couplers between dielectric and plasmonic slot waveguides

Georgios Veronis; Shanhui Fan

doi:10.1117/12.701562

9 February 2007 Compact couplers between dielectric and plasmonic slot waveguides

Georgios Veronis, Shanhui Fan

Proceedings Volume 6475, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XI; 64750S (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.701562
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2007, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We theoretically investigate the properties of compact couplers between high-index contrast dielectric slab waveguides and two-dimensional metal-dielectric-metal subwavelength plasmonic waveguides. We show that a coupler created by simply placing a dielectric waveguide terminated flat at the exit end of a plasmonic waveguide can be designed to have a transmission efficiency of ~70% at the optical communication wavelength. We also show that the transmission efficiency of the couplers can be further increased by using optimized multisection tapers. In both cases the transmission response is broadband. In addition, we investigate the properties of a Fabry-Perot structure in which light is coupled in and out of a plasmonic waveguide sandwiched between dielectric waveguides. Finally, we discuss potential fabrication processes for structures that demonstrate the predicted effects.

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Georgios Veronis and Shanhui Fan "Compact couplers between dielectric and plasmonic slot waveguides", Proc. SPIE 6475, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XI, 64750S (9 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.701562

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