High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot Resonators

We propose and study optical delay lines with high capacity and low dispersion based on a plasmonic waveguide periodically coupled with bilaterally located ring and slot resonators. The repetitive unit exhibits plasmon-induced transparency (PIT) with a large delay-bandwidth product due to the interf...

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Main Authors: Qi Lu, Qiang Liu, Wei Jiang, Jinsong Xia, Qingzhong Huang
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Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
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author Qi Lu
Qiang Liu
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Jinsong Xia
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description We propose and study optical delay lines with high capacity and low dispersion based on a plasmonic waveguide periodically coupled with bilaterally located ring and slot resonators. The repetitive unit exhibits plasmon-induced transparency (PIT) with a large delay-bandwidth product due to the interference between the two-mode ring and single-mode slot resonators. By choosing appropriate parameters, the cascaded PIT units can possess a broad transparency window with moderate fluctuations and produce wideband dispersionless slow light. A theoretical model is developed to analyze the proposed structure and the results are validated by finite-difference time-domain simulations. The pulse propagation results indicate that the spectral fluctuations have a negligible effect on the delayed pulse shape. Using multiple cascaded PIT units, we demonstrate that the group index of the waveguide approaches 36, the 3-dB bandwidth is larger than 21 nm, and a storage efficiency of 0.5 bit/unit can be realized with negligible distortion. Due to the high performance, the proposed delay line may find potential applications in future nanoscale integrated photonic systems.
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spelling doaj-art-fbdb965517f34fc18a426b325eb804542025-08-20T03:33:04ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-019611110.1109/JPHOT.2017.27640638070389High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot ResonatorsQi Lu0Qiang Liu1Wei Jiang2Jinsong Xia3Qingzhong Huang4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0635-2456Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaCollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWe propose and study optical delay lines with high capacity and low dispersion based on a plasmonic waveguide periodically coupled with bilaterally located ring and slot resonators. The repetitive unit exhibits plasmon-induced transparency (PIT) with a large delay-bandwidth product due to the interference between the two-mode ring and single-mode slot resonators. By choosing appropriate parameters, the cascaded PIT units can possess a broad transparency window with moderate fluctuations and produce wideband dispersionless slow light. A theoretical model is developed to analyze the proposed structure and the results are validated by finite-difference time-domain simulations. The pulse propagation results indicate that the spectral fluctuations have a negligible effect on the delayed pulse shape. Using multiple cascaded PIT units, we demonstrate that the group index of the waveguide approaches 36, the 3-dB bandwidth is larger than 21 nm, and a storage efficiency of 0.5 bit/unit can be realized with negligible distortion. Due to the high performance, the proposed delay line may find potential applications in future nanoscale integrated photonic systems.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8070389/Surface plasmonsintegrated optics devicescoupled resonatorsoptical buffers.
spellingShingle Qi Lu
Qiang Liu
Wei Jiang
Jinsong Xia
Qingzhong Huang
High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot Resonators
IEEE Photonics Journal
Surface plasmons
integrated optics devices
coupled resonators
optical buffers.
title High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot Resonators
title_full High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot Resonators
title_fullStr High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot Resonators
title_full_unstemmed High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot Resonators
title_short High-Capacity and Dispersionless Delay Lines Based on Plasmonic Waveguide Periodically Coupled With Bilaterally Located Ring and Slot Resonators
title_sort high capacity and dispersionless delay lines based on plasmonic waveguide periodically coupled with bilaterally located ring and slot resonators
topic Surface plasmons
integrated optics devices
coupled resonators
optical buffers.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8070389/
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