Dielectric waveguides use 

total internal reflection to confine light in a high index region. They can
guide light over a long distance with very low loss, but their light confinement ability is limited by
diffraction. Plasmonic waveguides, on the other hand, use surface plasmon to confine light near a
metal surface. The light confinement ability of plasmonic waveguides is not limited by diffraction,
[1]
 and, as a result, they can confine light to very small volumes. However, these guides suffer
significant propagation loss because of the presence of metal as part of the guiding structure. [2] The
aim of designing the hybrid plasmonic waveguide was to combine these two different wave guiding
schemes and achieve high light confinement without suffering large loss. [3][4] Many different variations
of this structure have been proposed. Many other types of hybrid plasmonic waveguides have been
proposed since then to improve light confinement ability or to reduce fabrication complexity.