• DocumentCode
    1690745
  • Title

    Metamaterial coherent light absorption — The time-reversed analogue of the Lasing Spaser

  • Author

    Zhang, J. ; MacDonald, K.F. ; Zheludev, N.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate a new coherent absorption phenomenon, through which a planar photonic metamaterial may resonantly absorb 100% of incident light. The effect is a time-reversed analogue `Lasing Spaser´ action.
  • Keywords
    light absorption; light coherence; metallic thin films; metamaterials; nanostructured materials; optical materials; coherent light absorption; lasing spaser; nanostructured metal single layer; planar photonic metamaterial; resonant absorption; subwavelength metallic metamaterial film; Absorption; Laser beams; Lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Metamaterials; Optical resonators; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327067
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1690745