Title :
On-way slow light in nonreciprocal low-symmetry metamaterials
Author :
Khanikaev, Alexander B. ; Wu, Chihhui ; Mousavi, S. Hossein ; Shvets, Gennady
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
It is shown that metamaterials containing magnetooptical media exhibit nonreciprocal properties ranging from polarization dependent isolation to one-way slow-light. This opens a new avenues to control light and design ultracompact nonreciprocal optical elements.
Keywords :
light polarisation; magneto-optical effects; metamaterials; optical design techniques; optical elements; slow light; control light; low-symmetry metamaterials; magnetooptical media; nonreciprocal properties; on-way slow light; polarization dependent isolation; ultracompact nonreciprocal optical elements; Couplings; Media; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical ring resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
