Abstract
We report a theoretical investigation of light coupling between a semiconductor nanowire (NW) and a plasmonic waveguide. The light emitted from the NW is coupled to the waveguide and excites a symmetric plasmonic waveguide mode propagating along the top surface of the waveguide. Using numerical simulations, coupling efficiencies were calculated for various coupling structures consisting of tapered/non-tapered NWs and single-strip/double-strip gold waveguides. The highest coupling efficiency of >2.8% was obtained between a tapered NW and a double-strip plasmonic waveguide with a height of 200 nm. This study offers a new opportunity for the efficient integration of nanoscale light sources with plasmonic waveguides and enables further miniaturization of ultracompact photonic integrated circuits.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1851-1854 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the Korean Physical Society |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP, No. 2009-0081565). Y.-S. N. acknowledges the support of this work by the TJ Park Science Fellowship.
Keywords
- Coupling efficiency
- Nanowires
- Plasmonic waveguides
- Surface plasmon polaritons
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)