TITLE:
An Ultraviolet Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide for Nanolaser Applications
AUTHORS:
Zhiquan Li, Yajuan Wang, Jiahuan He, Dandan Feng, Erdan Gu, Wenchao Li
KEYWORDS:
Ultraviolet, Plasmonic, Waveguide
JOURNAL NAME:
Optics and Photonics Journal,
Vol.6 No.8B,
August
25,
2016
ABSTRACT:
In this paper, a novel hybrid plasmonic waveguide with a metal ridge and an MgF2 dielectric layer is demonstrated at ultraviolet band. We investigate the propagation distance, the scaling factor and the figure of merit by using the finite element method. The structure enables low scaling factor and long propagation distance. Compared to the previous structure with a metal plate, this waveguide has better performance. And the structure can be used as a nanolaser and has broad application prospects in optoelectronic integrated circuits, biological detection and so on.