• DocumentCode
    2793853
  • Title

    Gain-assisted dispersion management in negative-index materials

  • Author

    Podolskiy, Viktor A. ; Govyadinov, Alexander A.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics, Oregon State University, 301 Weniger Hall, Corvallis, 97331, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that relatively weak material gain can be utilized as an effective tool to manipulate dispersion of negative index materials achieving, in particular, broadband impedance- or index-matching. Finite-size and unbounded media are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Dispersion; Impedance; Nanowires; Optical materials; Permeability; Permittivity; Plasmons; Quantum dots; Refractive index; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431730
  • Filename
    4431730