Broad-bandgap and low-sidelobe surface plasmon polariton reflector with Bragg-grating-based MIM waveguide

Opt Express. 2009 Aug 3;17(16):13727-36. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.013727.

Abstract

Surface plasmon polariton reflector (SPPR) based on metal-insulator-metal (MIM) Bragg grating waveguide is numerically studied. A quasi-chirped technique is applied to the engraved grooves in the surface of the MIM waveguide, and a new kind of broad-bandgap SPPR is achieved. Meanwhile, by optimizing the profile of gap width between the metal and dielectric, the spectral sidelobe of SPPR is effectively suppressed and thus the performance o f the SPPR is further improved.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Optical Devices*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*