title: Subwavelength confinement in an integrated metal slot waveguide on silicon.
abstract: We demonstrate propagation losses of less than 0.8 dB/microm in a metal slot waveguide on silicon with a predicted confinement substantially below the optical wavelength (approximately 1.55 microm). We also show compact and efficient coupling of the high-confinement metal slot waveguide with a standard silicon dielectric waveguide with a coupling efficiency of approximately 2.5 dB per facet.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. lc286@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jagat
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shakya
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lipson