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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 1, 37(2018)

Deep-subwavelength light transmission in hybrid nanowire-loaded silicon nano-rib waveguides

Yusheng Bian1、†, Qiang Ren1,2、†, Lei Kang1, Taiwei Yue1, Pingjuan L. Werner1, and Douglas H. Werner1、*
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  • 1Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
  • 2School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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    Yusheng Bian, Qiang Ren, Lei Kang, Taiwei Yue, Pingjuan L. Werner, Douglas H. Werner. Deep-subwavelength light transmission in hybrid nanowire-loaded silicon nano-rib waveguides[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(1): 37

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    Category: Surface Plasmons

    Received: Aug. 31, 2017

    Accepted: Nov. 14, 2017

    Published Online: Jul. 19, 2018

    The Author Email: Douglas H. Werner (dhw@psu.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000037

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