IP Library Granted Patent US 8,358,880
Granted Patent B2
US 8,358,880 · App. 12/639,549 · Granted Jan 22, 2013

Hybrid coupling structure of the short range plasmon polariton and conventional dielectric waveguide, a coupling structure of the long range plasmon polariton and conventional dielectric waveguide, and applications thereof

Inventors: Fang Liu (Beijing, CN); Rui-Yuan Wan (Beijing, CN); Yi-Dong Huang (Beijing, CN); Xue Feng (Beijing, CN); Wei Zhang (Beijing, CN); Jiang De Peng (Beijing, CN); Yoshikatsu Miura (Kyoto, JP); Daisuke Niwa (Kyoto, JP); Dai Ohnishi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignees: Rohm Co., Ltd.; Tsinghua University
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Patent No.
US 8,358,880
App. No.
12/639,549
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a hybrid coupling structure of a short range surface plasmon polariton and a conventional dielectric waveguide, including a dielectric substrate layer, a dielectric waveguide layer positioned on the said dielectric substrate layer, a coupling matching layer positioned on the said dielectric waveguide layer and a short range surface plasmon waveguide portion, formed on the said coupling matching layer, for conducting the short range surface plasmon polariton. The present invention also provides a coupling structure of a long range surface plasmon polariton and a dielectric waveguide, including a dielectric substrate layer, a dielectric waveguide layer, a coupling matching layer and a long range surface plasmon waveguide portion upward from below respectively.

Claims (9)

1. A TM polarization modulator to which a hybrid coupling structure of a short range surface plasmon polariton and a conventional dielectric waveguide is applied,

wherein the hybrid coupling structure comprises:

a dielectric substrate layer;

a dielectric waveguide layer positioned on said dielectric substrate layer;

a coupling matching layer on said dielectric waveguide layer; and

a short range surface plasmon waveguide portion, on said coupling matching layer, for conducting the short. range surface plasmon polariton, the short range surface plasmon waveguide portion including a dielectric cover layer,

wherein an upper portion of said dielectric cover layer is covered with an electrode consisting of gold and chromium, and modulation of TM polarization is implemented by applying a modulation voltage between the electrode and the metal layer in the short range surface plasmon polariton waveguide portion and further executing modulation on a power output of the dielectric waveguide.

2. The TM polarization modulator according to claim 1 , wherein

an electrooptic dielectric material is employed for said dielectric cover layer.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: ROHM CO., LTD.; TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
To: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 065869/0339 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2010
From: LIU, FANG; WAN, RUI-YUAN; HUANG, YI-DONG; FENG, XUE; ZHANG, WEI; PENG, JIANG DE; MIURA, YOSHIKATSU; NIWA, DAISUKE; OHNISHI, DAI
To: ROHM CO., LTD.; TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 024443/0711 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2008 1 0186418 · Dec 16, 2008 · national
CN 2009 1 0132692 · Apr 7, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100310205A1 · Dec 9, 2010