Title :
Complete spectral gap in coupled hollow metallic waveguides
Author :
Liu, W. ; Sukhorukov, A.A. ; Miroshnichenko, A.E. ; Poulton, C.G. ; Xu, Z. ; Neshev, D.N. ; Kivshar, Yu.S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Center, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate a complete spectral gap based on the coupling between forward and backward modes in a symmetric structure composed of four coupled hollow metallic waveguides.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical waveguides; plasmonics; backward mode; coupled hollow metallic waveguides; forward mode; spectral gap; Couplings; Dielectrics; Dispersion; Metals; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Waveguide discontinuities; backward mode; coupling; spectral gap;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929921
