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Realization of Plasmonic Adaptive Coupler using Curved Multimode Interference Waveguide

곡면형 다중모드 간섭 도파로를 사용한 플라즈마 적응 결합기의 구현

  • 호광춘 (한성대학교 정보통신공학과)
  • Received : 2015.11.27
  • Accepted : 2016.04.08
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

Nano-scale power splitter based on curved plasmonic waveguides are designed by utilizing the multimode interference (MMI) coupler. To analyze easily the adaptive properties of plasmonic curverd multimode interference coupler(PC-MMIC), the curved form transforms equivalently into a planar form by using conformal transformation method. Also, effective dielectric method and longitudinal modal transmission-line theory are used for simulating the light propagation and optimizing the structural parameters at 3-D guiding geometry. The designed $2{\times}2$ PC-MMIC does not work well for quasi-TM mode case due to the bending structure, and it does not exist 3dB coupling property, in which the power splitting ratio is 50%:50%, for quasi-TE mode case. Further, the coupling efficiency is better when the signal is incident at channel with large curvature radius than small curvature radius.

곡면형 플라즈마 도파로에 기초한 나노 크기의 전력분배기가 다중모드 간섭 결합기의 특성을 이용하여 설계되었다. 플라즈마 곡면형 다중모드 간섭 결합기(PC-MMIC)의 적응 특성을 쉽게 분석하기 위하여 등각변환 해석법을 이용하여 곡면형 구조를 평면형 구조로 등가 변환하였다. 또한, 3D 전송구조의 전파특성과 최적의 설계변수를 선택하기 위하여 유효 유전체 방법과 종방향 모드 전송 선로 해석법을 적용하였다. 설계된 $2{\times}2$ PC-MMIC는 휘어진 구조에 기인하여 quasi-TM 모드에서는 PC-MMIC의 특성이 나타내지 않았으며, quasi-TE 모드의 경우 50%:50%의 비율로 출력되는 3dB 결합특성이 나타나지 않았다. 더욱이, 곡률 반경이 작은 부분 보다 큰 부분에서 입사된 신호가 더욱 좋은 결합특성을 나타내었다.

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