Version 1
: Received: 12 October 2023 / Approved: 13 October 2023 / Online: 17 October 2023 (11:51:15 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 6 November 2023 / Approved: 7 November 2023 / Online: 7 November 2023 (12:53:17 CET)
Magno, G.; Yam, V.; Dagens, B. Integration of Plasmonic Structures in Photonic Waveguides Enables Novel Electromagnetic Functionalities in Photonic Circuits. Appl. Sci.2023, 13, 12551.
Magno, G.; Yam, V.; Dagens, B. Integration of Plasmonic Structures in Photonic Waveguides Enables Novel Electromagnetic Functionalities in Photonic Circuits. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 12551.
Magno, G.; Yam, V.; Dagens, B. Integration of Plasmonic Structures in Photonic Waveguides Enables Novel Electromagnetic Functionalities in Photonic Circuits. Appl. Sci.2023, 13, 12551.
Magno, G.; Yam, V.; Dagens, B. Integration of Plasmonic Structures in Photonic Waveguides Enables Novel Electromagnetic Functionalities in Photonic Circuits. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 12551.
Abstract
The development of integrated, compact, and multifunctional photonic circuits is crucial to increase the capacity of all-optical signal processing for communications, data management or microsystems. Plasmonics brings compactness to numerous photonic functions, but its integration into circuits in not straightforward due to insertion losses and poor modes matching. The purpose of this article is to detail the integration strategies of plasmonic structures on dielectric waveguides, and to show through some examples the variety and the application prospect of integrated plasmonic functions.
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
7 November 2023
Commenter:
Giovanni Magno
Commenter's Conflict of Interests:
Author
Comment:
The manuscript has been revised to expand on the state of the art and improve the explanation of certain aspects. In particular, the title has been changed to better reflect the focus of the article, which is precisely the integration of plasmonic structures in waveguides and their added value. The revised title of the manuscript is: 'Integration of plasmonics structures in photonics waveguides: enabling novel electromagnetic functionalities in photonic circuits'. To improve the manuscript's readability, more comprehensive explanations of dispersion diagrams and their interpretation have been added. In addition, we have carefully revised the manuscript to ensure that it is well structured and that all our claims are supported by evidence. The language has also been carefully edited. Finally, we have added a table of previous work on plasmonics and photonic integrated circuits.
Commenter: Giovanni Magno
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author