Compact Z-add-drop wavelength filters for long-range surface plasmon polaritons

Abstract:

We design, fabricate and investigate compact Z-add-drop (ZAD) filters for long-range surface plasmon polaritons (LR-SPPs) at telecom wavelengths. The ZAD filter for LR-SPPs consists of two ridge gratings formed by periodic gold thickness modulation at the intersections of three zigzag-crossed gold stripes embedded in polymer. We investigate influence of the grating length and crossing angle on the filter characteristics and demonstrate a 10º- ZAD filter based on 80-µm-long gratings that exhibit a 15-dB dip (centered at ~ 1.55 µm) in transmission of the direct arm along with the corresponding ~ 13-nm-wide transmission peak in the drop arm.

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2005

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