G-s0 mode converter with lateral gold mirrors for nano-plasmonic integrated circuits.

We propose a waveguide-typed plasmonic mode converter with lateral gold mirrors (LGMs) at a wavelength of 1.55 μm. The 17.

Sa0 mode converter for nano plasmonic integrated circuits.

We propose an Sa0 mode converter (Sa0MC) that transforms Ss0 mode to Sa0 mode in an insulator-metal-insulator-metal-insulator waveguide (IMIMI-W) at a wavelength of 1.55 microm. The proposed Sa0MC is composed of 3.

A waveguide-typed plasmonic mode converter.

Waveguide-typed plasmonic mode converters (WPMCs) at a wavelength of 1.55 μm are presented. The WPMC is composed of an insulator-metal-insulator waveguide (IMI-W), a 1st reversely tapered insulator-metal-insulator-metal-insulator waveguide (RT-IMIMI-W), an insulator-metal-insulator-metal-insulator waveguide (IMIMI-W), a 2nd RT-IMIMI-W with lateral silver mirrors (LSMs), and a metal-insulator-metal waveguide (MIM-W) in series.

Squeezed mode conversion in hybrid plasmon polariton waveguide using spin-coated silver film.

We designed, fabricated, and characterized a hybrid surface plasmon polariton waveguide (SPP_wg) for mode conversion. The 20-nm-thick silver SPP_wg was fabricated via spin-coating with an aqueous silver ionic complex solution. The structure of the SPP_wg consists of a straight Insulator-Metal-Insulator waveguide (IMl_wg), a lateral tapered Insulator-Metal-Insulator-Metal-Insulator waveguide (tapered_IMIMI_wg), and a straight IMIMI waveguide (IMIMI_wg).

Effective plasmonic mode-size converter.

Plasmonic mode-size converters (PMSCs) for long-range surface plasmon polaritons (LR-SPPs) at the wavelength of 1.55 μm are presented. The PMSC is composed of an insulator-metal-insulator waveguide (IMI-W), a laterally tapered insulator-metal-insulator-metal-insulator waveguide (LT-IMIMI-W), and an IMIMI-W in series.

Self-collimating photonic crystal antireflection structure for both TE and TM polarizations.

We present a high-efficiency antireflection structure for both TE and TM polarizations in two-dimensional self-collimating square lattice photonic crystal consisting of air holes in silicon. The design parameters of the optimal antireflection structure can be obtained by using the concept of Fresnel coefficients and the finite-difference time-domain simulations. The photonic crystal operating in almost identical self-collimation frequencies for two polarizations exhibits a large reflection coefficient for TE and a very small one for TM polarization.