Avoiding Metallic Walls: Use of Modal Superposition in Plasmonic Waveguides to Reduce Propagation Loss

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Rodríguez-Fortuño, Francisco J.
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We theoretically explore the possibility of reducing propagation loss in a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide, using mode combinations to achieve wall-avoiding field distributions along a certain propagation length. We present analytical results for several waveguides showing notable loss reduction, and we discuss the trade-offs between low loss and high confinement present in this technique.

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2012-03-16
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Rodríguez-Fortuño, F. J. and Engheta, N. (2012). Avoiding metallic walls: Use of modal superposition in plasmonic waveguides to reduce propagation loss. Physical Review B, 85(11), 115421. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.115421 ©2012 American Physical Society
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