Ultra-broadband interconnection between two SPP nanostrips by a photorefractive soliton waveguide

Abstract

We propose a very efficient approach to interconnect together two metallic nanostrips supporting the propagation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves by fabricating a photorefractive soliton guide. By designing a multilayer geometry for plasmon systems, it is possible to control the diffraction of light at the end of the metallic nanostrip, reducing its angular dispersion and directing it towards the second nanostrip. Between the two, a photorefractive crystal allows the self-confinement of light, creating a waveguide that can be used both by the light that wrote it and by other wavelengths sent as signals. These signals can be recoupled in the form of SPP waves in the second nanostrip with an efficiency of about 40% for a broad band of wavelengths.