Journal
PLASMONICS
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 591-597Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9239-y
Keywords
Surface plasmons; Waveguide; Power splitter; Ring resonator
Funding
- Agency for Science and Technology Research (A*STAR), Singapore under A*STAR-SERC [0921540098]
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The key challenge of the plasmonic waveguide is to achieve simultaneously both the long propagation length and high confinement. The hybrid dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguide consists of a SiO2 stripe sandwiched between a Si-nanowire and a silver film and thus promises as a best candidate to overcome this challenge. We propose to exploit this unique property of this structure to design different high-efficient silicon-based plasmonic components including waveguide, power splitter, and wavelength-selective ring resonator. As a result, the proposed power splitter with a waveguide cross section (lambda (2)/60) and a strong mode confinement area (similar to lambda (2)/240) features a low power transmission loss (< 0.4 dB) at the optimal arm length of 4 mu m with respect to different separation distances of output arms. Moreover, we also demonstrate that a plasmonic ring resonator with a compact ring radius of 2 mu m may achieve high optical performance such as high-extinction ratio of 30 dB, large free spectral range of 67 nm, and small bandwidth of 0.6 nm. These superior performances make them promising building blocks for integrated nanophotonic circuits.
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