Spontaneous emission near hyperbolic metamaterials

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Jacob, Zubin [1 ]
Smolyaninov, Igor [2 ]
Narimanov, Evgenii E. [3 ]
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[1] Univ Alberta, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada
[2] Univ Maryland, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[3] Purdue Univ, Sch Comp & Elect Engn, Brick Nanotechnol Ctr, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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2011 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) | 2011年
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We show that there is an infinite local-density-of-states in the near-field of a hyperbolic metamaterial. This leads to channeling of spontaneous emission into resonance cones of metamaterial states opening the route to quantum-optics with metamaterials. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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