Date Available
12-7-2011
Year of Publication
2005
Document Type
Thesis
College
Engineering
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Todd Hastings
Abstract
Integrated optics present a potentially low cost and higher performance alternative to electronics in optical communication systems. Surface plasmon waveguides (SPWGs) offer a new approach for manipulating light in integrated optical chips. SPWGs provide several advantages over dielectric waveguides. In this study, a fabrication process for SPWGs is developed. SPWGs are fabricated with various lengths and bend radii to allow for study of absorption and bending losses in the waveguides at telecommunications wavelengths (~1550nm). Finite-element method models of straight, bent, and optically coupled waveguides are developed and analyzed.
Recommended Citation
Chamberlain, Adam W., "Integrated Surface-Plasmon Waveguides for Optical Communications" (2005). University of Kentucky Master's Theses. 258.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/258
