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Spectrally selective splitters with metal-dielectric-metal surface plasmon waveguides

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Spectrally selective splitters with metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) subwavelength waveguides are proposed in this paper. The method is based on the Bragg grating structure with periodically modulated MDM waveguide width, which delivers a stop band effect for the surface plasmon propagating in the waveguide. By adding appropriate Bragg grating structure in one or more arms of the waveguide splitters, light in a certain frequency range can be readily guided into the desired directions, as demonstrated numerically by the finite-difference time-domain method. Dependence and optimization of the geometrical parameters are also considered in this paper.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Microfabrication, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 350, Chengdu, 610209, China

    Y. Qi, D. Gan, J. Cui, C. Wang & X. Luo

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Qi, Y., Gan, D., Ma, J. et al. Spectrally selective splitters with metal-dielectric-metal surface plasmon waveguides. Appl. Phys. B 95, 807–812 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3493-0

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