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Numerical analysis of the coupling mechanism in long-range plasmonic couplers at 1.55 μm
Giovanni Magno1, Marco Grande, Vincenzo Petruzzelli
1Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica, Politecnico di Bari, via Re David 200, Bari 70125, Italy. g.magno@poliba.it
Abstract:
We study the coupling mechanism between a high refractive index contrast waveguide and a plasmonic thin-film waveguide in the IR range. We also propose a novel design of a vertical coupler based on loading the plasmonic waveguide with a high refractive index contrast medium on each side. We achieve a coupling efficiency and an insertion loss of about 95% and 0.2 dB, respectively, with a coupling length of only 2.85 μm at the working wavelength of 1.55 μm.

