Stopping light by an air waveguide with anisotropic metamaterial cladding Export

@article{citeulike:3920314, abstract = {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.}, author = {Jiang, Tian and Zhao, Junming and Feng, Yijun}, citeulike-article-id = {3920314}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.000170}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=175625}, day = {5}, doi = {10.1364/OE.17.000170}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {anisotropic, metamaterials}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {170--177}, posted-at = {2009-01-21 15:06:33}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Stopping light by an air waveguide with anisotropic metamaterial cladding}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.000170}, volume = {17}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3920314 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3920314 N2 - 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. IS - 1 JF - Opt. Express EP - 177 TI - Stopping light by an air waveguide with anisotropic metamaterial cladding PB - OSA VL - 17 SP - 170 KW - anisotropic KW - metamaterials AU - Jiang, Tian AU - Zhao, Junming AU - Feng, Yijun PY - 2009/01/05/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.000170 ER -