Wavelength-Selective Optical Filters Based on Metal-Patch Cavities With Slot Waveguide Interfaces

Autor: Youngho Jung, Jong-Bum You, Kyungmook Kwon, Kyoungsik Yu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 1-10 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2331253
Popis: We theoretically propose and investigate the resonant wavelength-selective optical filters based on the subwavelength metallo-dielectric nanopatch cavities and the metal slot waveguides. Using the temporal coupled-mode theory and three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulations, we analyze the optical coupling efficiencies and filtering characteristics, which are optimized by adjusting the waveguide-cavity distance to modify the decay rates from the cavity. The proposed optical filters can be extended to multiport channel-dropping filters while maintaining subwavelength-scale dimensions including the coupling regions.
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