Low loss coupler to interface silicon waveguide and hybrid plasmonic waveguide
A metallic coupler is proposed to interface a silicon on insulator (SOI) waveguide with a narrow hybrid plasmonic waveguide (200× 200 nm). The device operation is investigated and optimized to attain the best tradeoff between the mode confinement and the propagation loss. Calculations reveal that a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Isfahan University of Technology
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Physics Research |
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| Online Access: | http://ijpr.iut.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-670&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
| Summary: | A metallic coupler is proposed to interface a silicon on insulator (SOI) waveguide with a narrow hybrid plasmonic waveguide (200× 200 nm). The device operation is investigated and optimized to attain the best tradeoff between the mode confinement and the propagation loss. Calculations reveal that a high confinement and low loss of the energy is achieved from a silicon slab waveguide into the dielectric slot of area 200×200 nm2 and a coupling efficiency of 70% (0.8 dB) at the 1.55 μm telecommunication wavelength can be achieved |
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| ISSN: | 1682-6957 |