Coupled metallic-wedge nano-plasmonic (CWP) waveguides were predicted as the best building blocks, which can realize ultra-compact and broadband integrated optical circuits (IOCs) due to the localized near-field distributions at the dielectric/metal interfaces. Our simulation results show that the manipulations of the near-field distribution and the near-field modal coupling in CWP waveguides can effectively minimize the power loss by varying the wedge angles, which can avoid the loss from the metallic structure and thereby improving the practical application in IOCs.
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