Data transmission in long-range dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides

We demonstrate the data transmission of 10 Gbit/s on-off keying modulated 1550 nm signal through a long-range dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguide structure with negligible signal degradation. In the experiment the bit error rate penalties do not exceed 0.6 dB over the 15 nm wavelength range and received optical power between −7 and 3 dBm.