“…Waveguide-based plasmonic structures utilizing surface plasmon polariton (SPP) are promising for their capability of high subwavelength scale confinement and low propagation loss [16,17], which could lead to a high-speed, miniaturized and integrated electrooptical technology. Several plasmonic waveguiding structures have been explored, such as metallic nanoparticles [18,19], metallic strips or nanowires [20,21], V-grooves [22], and slot waveguides [23].…”