Fishbone-Like High-Efficiency Low-Pass Plasmonic Filter Based on Double-Layered Conformal Surface Plasmons

In this work, we report a fishbone-like high-efficiency low-pass plasmonic filter based on a double-layered conformal surface plasmon waveguide (CSPW) which consists of double-layered symmetrical metal gratings (SMGs) of fishbone shape. Efficient mode conversion between the quasi-transverse electromagnetic (TEM) waves in the microstrip line and the conformal surface plasmons (CSPs) on the double-layered CSPW is realized by using gradient double-layered SMGs and impedance matching technique. Experimental results of the transmission and reflection coefficients of the straight sample show excellent loss-pass performance and agree well with the numerical simulations. The curved samples exhibit low radiation loss when the double-layered CSPW is conformal or even bent thanks to the high confinement of CSPs. The proposed structure can find potential applications in integrating conventional circuits with CSPs devices at microwave and terahertz frequencies.

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