Performance Analysis of Planar Nanocavities-Based Wavelength Demultiplexer for Optical Communication Systems

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  • Rasha H. Mahdi College of Engineering, Alnahrain University, Baghdad
  • Raad Sami Fyath College of Engineering, Alnahrain University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/ijct.v11i5.1150

Keywords:

Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), Plasmonic waveguide, Plasmonic nanocavities, Plasmonic demultiplexer, Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), Multi-channel filter, Metal-Insulator structure and Optical communication systems.

Abstract

This paper presents the design and analysis of planar plasmonic wavelength demultiplexer for optical communication systems. The demultiplexer is based on silver-air-silver plasmonic waveguide supported by two nanocavities for each drop channel. One cavity is used as a resonant tunneling-based channel drop filter while the other is used to realize wavelength-selective reflection feedback in the bus waveguide.  For each channel, a parametric study is performed to characterize the performance of the two corresponding nanocavities when they are operating in isolated mode.  The results are then used as a basis to design a single-channel demultiplexer by introducing the coupling between the two nanocavities. Simulation results are reported for a three-channel demultiplexer (1550, 1300, and 850 nm) using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) software package. A drop efficiency as high as  is obtained for each drop channel in the designed demultiplexer. The simulated results can be used as a guideline to design ultra-compact wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) systems in highly integrated optical circuits.

 

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Rasha H. Mahdi, College of Engineering, Alnahrain University, Baghdad

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Raad Sami Fyath, College of Engineering, Alnahrain University

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Published

2013-10-30

How to Cite

Mahdi, R. H., & Fyath, R. S. (2013). Performance Analysis of Planar Nanocavities-Based Wavelength Demultiplexer for Optical Communication Systems. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS &Amp; TECHNOLOGY, 11(5), 2552–2585. https://doi.org/10.24297/ijct.v11i5.1150

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