Novel prospects in hyperbolic metamaterials: Dyakonov-like surface waves

Author

Zapata-Rodriguez, Carlos J. ; Aitor Sorni, J. ; Vukovic, Slobodan ; Martinez, Luis E. ; Caballero, Maria T. ; Miret, Juan J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Opt., Univ. of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In the late 1980s Dyakonov theoretically demonstrated the existence of lossless surface waves at the interface between two different transparent dielectrics, provided that one of them was anisotropic. These (also coined as) dyakonons have low-efficiency coupling rates in natural birefringent materials and all-dielectric metamaterials, thus reducing its use in photonic applications. We analyzed enhanced coupling of dyakonons taking place at the boundary of metamaterials exhibiting indefinite permittivity. Hybridization of surface waves enable tighter confinement near the interface in comparison with pure-TM surface-plasmon polaritons. Finally we predicted the existence of long-range dissipative dyakonons.

Keywords

dielectric materials; electromagnetic metamaterials; permittivity; Dyakonov-like surface waves; all-dielectric metamaterials; hyperbolic metamaterials; indefinite permittivity; long-range dissipative dyakonons; lossless surface waves; low-efficiency coupling rates; natural birefringent materials; photonic applications; transparent dielectrics; Dispersion; Equations; Lattices; Metamaterials; Optical surface waves; Surface waves; hyperbolic nanomaterials; surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876647

Filename

6876647