Abstract
A 2D planar self-collimating photonic crystal, based on a dielectric square lattice and a hexagonal lattice, is proposed. We demonstrate that the proposed structure can support the propagation of a hybrid surface plasmon polarition (SPP) mode with a loss of , and the mode size is only 0.33 μm. The defined figure of merit is one order of magnitude higher than that of the dielectric-metal structure. In addition, the self-collimating angle of more than 10° can be tuned with a silica index change of 0.08. The proposed structure possesses broad operation bandwidth of 88 nm and 58 nm for a dielectric square lattice and a hexagonal lattice, respectively. These two kinds of photonic crystals promise potential applications in photonic modulators and SPP photonic devices.
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