1 × 2 plasmonic wavelength demultiplexer using rectangular MIM waveguide

Abstract

A 1 × 2 plasmonic demultiplexer with a rectangular metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide comprising one input port and two output ports has been proposed. The proposed demultiplexer is based on the principle of interference of surface plasmon polariton waves. By placing the output port at the designed position along the rectangular MIM waveguide, the desired wavelength can be extracted from the mixture of the wavelengths. Results were simulated using finite element method (FEM) technique and plot of field and its intensity were obtained for both the wavelengths. The results agree with the proposed theory. Power transmission of more than 80% at the desired port with a suppression of more than 90% at the undesired port is obtained for both the wavelengths. A low crosstalk of less than −11.06 dB with a low insertion loss of less than 14.32 dB are measured. It is shown that the wavelength selectivity of the plasmonic demultiplexer is further dependent on the width of the MIM waveguide as well as the materials chosen. The design can be further extended to a 1×N demultiplexer by appropriate selection of position of the output ports.

Miniaturized Design of a 1 × 2 Plasmonic Demultiplexer Based on Metal–Insulator-Metal Waveguide for Telecommunication Wavelengths

“…Plasmonic MIM waveguides are extensively studied for several eye-catching applications such as filters [14][15][16][17], sensors [18][19][20], alloptical logic gates [21], and switches [22], among others. In [23], a 1 × 2 plasmonic wavelength demultiplexer is proposed based on a rectangular MIM waveguide that offers low crosstalk of 11.06 dB. In [24], the multimode interference effect is utilized to make MIM waveguide-based demultiplexer and splitter with an extinction ratio of ~ 11.6 dB.…”