Multimode interference splitter based on dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides.
We numerically demonstrated 1 x N multimode interference (MMI) splitters based on dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides (DLSPPW). The dependences of real part of effective index, propagation length and lateral mode profiles of the waveguides on the geometrical parameters are analyzed in detail. The transmission efficiency of the MMI splitter is as much as 60%, with their splitting length being in the range of several micrometers. The performance of the device is found in agreement with results predicted by theoretical MMI self-imaging theory. Such MMI splitter is important for implementation of high density photonic integration and lab-on-a-chip applications.
Yuan
Guanghui
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Department of Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, People's Republic of China.
Wang
Pei
P
Lu
Yonghua
Y
Ming
Hai
H
D004581:Electronics; D004867:Equipment Design; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D017785:Photons; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*
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