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7 March 2014Multilevel light bending in nanoplasmonics
Nanoplasmonic optical interconnects is proposed to mitigate challenges facing electronics integration. It provides fast
and miniaturized data channel that overcome the diffraction limit. We present a three dimensional plasmonic coupler that
vertically bends the light to multilevel circuit configurations. It exploits light guiding in nanoscale plasmonic slot
waveguides (PSWs). A triangularly-shaped plasmonic slot waveguide rotator is introduced to attain such coupling with
good efficiency over a wide bandwidth. Using this approach, light propagating in a horizontal direction is easily
converted and coupled to propagate in the vertical direction and vice versa. The proposed configuration is further
extended to the design of a multilayer power divider/combiner with ultra-compact footprint that guides the light to
multiple channels. A detailed study of the triangular rotator is demonstrated with the analysis of multiple configurations.
This structure is suitable for efficient coupling and splitting in multilevel nano circuit environment.
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Mohamed H. El Sherif, Osman S. Ahmed, Mohamed H. Bakr, Mohamed A. Swillam, "Multilevel light bending in nanoplasmonics," Proc. SPIE 8982, Optical Components and Materials XI, 89820K (7 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040811