Numerical simulation studies of nano-scale surface plasmon components: waveguides, splitters, and filters

Xian-Shi Lin; Xu-Guang Huang

doi:10.1117/12.821777

19 February 2009 Numerical simulation studies of nano-scale surface plasmon components: waveguides, splitters, and filters

Xian-Shi Lin, Xu-Guang Huang

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Proceedings Volume 7279, Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) 2008: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration; 727912 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821777
Event: Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings, 2008, Wuhan, China

Abstract

In this paper, we theoretically and numerically demonstrate a two-dimensional Metal-Dielectric-Metal (MDM) waveguide based on finite-difference time-domain simulation of the propagation characteristics of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). For practical applications, we propose a plasmonic Y-branch waveguide based on MDM structure for high integration. The simulation results show that the Y-branch waveguide proposed here makes optical splitter with large branching angle (~180 degree) come true. We also introduce a finite array of periodic tooth structure on one surface of the MDM waveguide which is in a similar way as FBGs or Bragg reflectors, potentially as filters for WDM applications. Our results show that the novel structure not only can realize filtering function of wavelength with a high transmittance over 92%, but also with an ultra-compact size in the length of a few hundred nanometers, in comparison with other grating-like SPPs filters. The MDM waveguide splitters and filters could be utilized to achieve ultra-compact photonic filtering devices for high integration in SPPs-based flat metallic surfaces.

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Xian-Shi Lin and Xu-Guang Huang "Numerical simulation studies of nano-scale surface plasmon components: waveguides, splitters, and filters", Proc. SPIE 7279, Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) 2008: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, 727912 (19 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821777

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