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Plasmonic modes in W-shaped metal-coated silicon grooves
1EE Department, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel. arbeld@tx.technion.ac.il
Optics Express
|June 11, 2008
Abstract:
Measurements of a W-shaped metal-coated surface Plasmon polariton waveguides are presented, showing complex confined modes both in the coupled pair of air filled metal V-grooves, as well as within the central metal-coated triangular silicon wedge. Mode calculations support the experimentally measured plasmonic modes. Such W-shaped plasmonic waveguides when integrated with Metal-Oxide-Silicon structures may be utilized for active plasmonic nano-optical devices.
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