Characteristics of plasmonic Bragg reflectors with insulator width modulated in sawtooth profiles
Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 11, pp. 11589-11598 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.011589
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Abstract
We present a new metal-insulator-metal (MIM)-based plasmonic Bragg reflector (PBR) design that solves the technical problems of conventional step profile MIM PBRs through the use of sawtooth profiles. Our numerical study revealed that the sawtooth PBRs exhibit lower insertion loss, narrower bandgap, and reduced rippling in the transmission spectrum when compared with the step PBRs. The defect mode of the sawtooth PBR also exhibits a higher transmission, narrower linewidth, and higher Q-factor.
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OCIS Codes
(130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
(230.1480) Optical devices : Bragg reflectors
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(250.5403) Optoelectronics : Plasmonics
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Integrated Optics
History
Original Manuscript: March 10, 2010
Revised Manuscript: May 6, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: May 7, 2010
Published: May 17, 2010
Citation
Yifen Liu, Yu Liu, and Jaeyoun Kim, "Characteristics of plasmonic Bragg reflectors with insulator width modulated in sawtooth profiles," Opt. Express 18, 11589-11598 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-11-11589
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