Title :
Spontaneous emission near hyperbolic metamaterials
Author :
Jacob, Zubin ; Smolyaninov, Igor ; Narimanov, Evgenii E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We show that there is an infinite local-density -of-states in the near-field of a hyperbolic metamaterial. This leads to channeling of spontaneous emission into resonance cones of metamaterial states opening the route to quantum-optics with metamaterials.
Keywords :
metamaterials; nanophotonics; photonic band gap; quantum dots; quantum optics; spontaneous emission; hyperbolic metamaterial; infinite local density-of-states; metamaterial states; quantum optics; resonance cones; spontaneous emission; Dielectrics; Dispersion; Metamaterials; Plasmons; Quantum dots; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
