• DocumentCode
    2882817
  • Title

    From low-loss to lossless optical negative-index materials

  • Author

    Chettiar, U.K. ; Kildishev, A.V. ; Klar, T.A. ; Yuan, H.-K. ; Cai, W. ; Sarychev, A.K. ; Drachev, V.P. ; Shalaev, V.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Practical optical negative index materials based on coupled plasmon resonances must overcome reflection and absorption. Simulations show that matched impedance and compensated losses due to optimized design and gain material, respectively, lead to 100% transmission.
  • Keywords
    light reflection; metamaterials; optical losses; surface plasmon resonance; compensated losses; coupled plasmon resonances; gain material; lossless optical materials; low-loss optical materials; negative-index materials; optical absorption; optical reflection; optical transmission; Absorption; Design optimization; Impedance; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical reflection; Plasmons; Propagation losses; Resonance; (160.4760) Optical properties; (220.0220) Optical design and fabrication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628936
  • Filename
    4628936