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Plasmonics in Optical Communications: Optimization of Coupling Efficiency

Authors:
Djafar Mynbaev
Vitaly Sukharenko

Keywords: Optical communications; plasmonics; coupling efficiency

Abstract:
Modern optical communications technology requires miniaturization of the end equipment to micro- and even nanoscale. At this scale, interaction of light with this equipment becomes difficult due to diffraction limit. This problem can be solved by the use of plasmonics, which confines light into subwavelength dimension and, additionally, create a strong field enhancement. One of the major plasmonic problems for our application is the efficiency of coupling of light into a metal-dielectric interface, which is mainly determined by the properties of a metal. In this paper, we presenting the results of our search for an optimal (ideal) metal whose properties provide the best coupling efficiency at 1550nm — the main transmission wavelength in optical communications.

Pages: 230 to 235

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: June 23, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4030

ISBN: 978-1-61208-279-0

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from June 23, 2013 to June 28, 2013