Stopping light by an air waveguide with anisotropic metamaterial cladding

被引：69
作者：
Jiang, Tian
Zhao, Junming
Feng, Yijun [1 ]
机构：
[1] Nanjing Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Modern Acoust, Nanjing 210093, Peoples R China
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2009年 / 17卷 / 01期
关键词：
GROUNDED DIELECTRIC SLAB; SLOW LIGHT;
D O I：
10.1364/OE.17.000170
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We present a detailed study of oscillating modes in a slab waveguide with air core and anisotropic metamaterial cladding. It is shown that, under specific dielectric configurations, slow and even stopped electromagnetic wave can be supported by such an air waveguide. We propose a linearly tapped waveguide structure that could lead the propagating light to a complete standstill. Both the theoretical analysis and the proposed waveguide have been validated by full-wave simulation based on finite-difference time-domain method. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America
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页码：170 / 177
页数：8
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