Numerical and Analytical Modeling of Plasmonic Filter with High Q-Factor Based on Nanostructured Resonator

In this paper, to achieve high-quality filters, nanostructured plasmon resonators are proposed. The structure of proposed resonator is based on metal-dielectric-metal configuration and is designed in the range of 1550-nm telecommunication wavelength. To evaluate the proposed structure, finite-difference time-domain method and analytical method of coupled mode theory have been used. To obtain optimal results, the effects of the number of waveguides as well as the radius of circular and ring waveguides were investigated. The appropriate results will be obtained by considering a strong coupling between the incoming light and the surface plasmon. In addition, two transient and static wave structures have been used to evaluate the structure. The simulation results show that besides filtering behavior of the structure, it is possible to control the surface plasmon propagation speed in the proposed structure. Therefore, it is expected that the proposed structure will be used in many parts of a telecommunication link such as multiplexers.

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In this paper, a high-quality filter design based on nanostructured plasmon resonators is proposed, which can achieve optimal results in the communication wavelength range. Evaluation and optimization are carried out using the coupled mode theory and finite-difference time-domain method. The structure not only exhibits filtering behavior, but also allows control of the surface plasmon propagation speed, expecting wide applications in telecommunication links.