Title :
Deep sub-wavelength confinement in Metal-dielectric multilayers
Author :
Bartal, Guy ; Lerosey, Geoffroy ; Liu, Yongmin ; Genov, Dentcho A. ; Zhang, Xiang
Author_Institution :
NSF Nanoscale Sci. & Eng. Center (NSEC), California Univ., Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
We present linear and nonlinear deep sub-wavelength confinement in metal-dielectric periodic nano-structures. The strong anisotropy supports the propagation of modes with very large transverse momentum, enabling confinement size limited only by the structure periodicity.
Keywords :
nanostructured materials; optical multilayers; photonic crystals; deep sub-wavelength confinement; metal-dielectric multilayers; structure periodicity; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Dielectrics; Diffraction; Interference; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Propagation constant; Slabs; Solitons; 190.4420 Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in; 350.4238 Nanophotonics and photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
