Analytical and numerical study of T-shaped plasmonic demultiplexer based on Fano and induced transparency resonances
Résumé
Abstract We study analytically and numerically the design of plasmonic demultiplexers based on Fano and plasmonic induced transparency (PIT) resonances. The demultiplexers consist of T-shaped structures with an input waveguide and two output waveguides. Each output contains two waveguide stubs grafted either at the same position or at two different positions far from the input waveguide. We derive closed form analytical expressions of the geometrical parameters allowing a selective transfer of a single mode in one waveguide without affecting the other one. This is performed by implementing the Fano and PIT resonances which are characterized by a resonance placed near an antiresonance or placed between two antiresonances respectively. In particular, we show the possibility of trapped modes, also called bound in continuum (BIC) modes. These modes appear as resonances with zero width in the transmission spectra for appropriate lengths of the stubs. Then, by detuning slightly the stubs, BICs transform to PIT or Fano resonances. The existence of a full transmission besides a transmission zero, enables to filter a given wavelength on one output waveguide, by vanishing both the transmission on the second waveguide as well as the reflection in the input waveguide. The demultiplexer is capable to separate two fundamental optical windows (i.e. 1310 and 1550 nm). The performance of the demultiplexer platform is measured using the crosstalk of the two outputs and quality factor. The lowest value of the crosstalk −96.8 dB with an average of −84.7 dB is achieved and a maximum quality factor 45 is obtained. The maximum transmission reaches a high value of 85% despite the large metallic losses. These values are suitable for integrated photonic circuits in the optical communication. The analytical results are obtained by means of the Green’s function method which enables us to deduce the transmission and reflection coefficients, as well as the delay times and density of states. These results are confirmed by numerical simulations using a 2D finite element method. The analytical analysis developed in this work represent a predictive method to understand deeply different physical phenomena in more complex plasmonic devices.