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
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