title: Simulation of complex plasmonic circuits including bends.
abstract: Using a finite-element, full-wave modeling approach, we present a flexible method of analyzing and simulating dielectric and plasmonic waveguide structures as well as their mode coupling. This method is applied to an integrated plasmonic circuit where a straight dielectric waveguide couples through a straight hybrid long-range plasmon waveguide to a uniformly bent hybrid one. The hybrid waveguide comprises a thin metal core embedded in a two-dimensional dielectric waveguide. The performance of such plasmonic circuits in terms of insertion losses is discussed.
authors: Institut de Microtechnique, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: Claudio
authors: C
authors: Dellagiacoma
authors: Theo
authors: T
authors: Lasser
authors: Olivier J F
authors: OJ
authors: Martin
authors: Aloyse
authors: A
authors: Degiron
authors: Jack J
authors: JJ
authors: Mock
authors: David R
authors: DR
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D005716:Game Theory; D008027:Light; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D055096:Optical Devices; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals