• DocumentCode
    1544943
  • Title

    Guiding Principle of Light Waves Through Metamaterial Layers

  • Author

    Kim, Kyoung-Youm ; Jung, Jaehoon ; Kim, Jungho

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Opt. Eng., Sejong Univ., Seoul, South Korea
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1382
  • Lastpage
    1384
  • Abstract
    We propose a general principle for the guiding of light waves through heterogeneous metamaterial layers: light waves have a tendency to increase their portion guided through the medium having a larger N2 value than the neighbors, where N2 is defined as the product of material permittivity and permeability values. Using this principle, we discuss qualitatively the characteristics of fundamental optical modes in several metamaterial waveguide structures.
  • Keywords
    metamaterials; optical waveguides; permeability; permittivity; fundamental optical modes; heterogeneous metamaterial layers; light wave guiding; material permeability; material permittivity; metamaterial waveguide structures; Dielectrics; Metamaterials; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Permeability; Permittivity; Plasmons; Surface waves; Guiding mode; metamaterial; waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2010.2059697
  • Filename
    5518386
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1544943