Title :
Switchable hyperbolic optical metamaterial based on Kerr nonlinear effect
Author :
Shoaei, Maziar ; Moravvej-Farshi, Mohammad Kazem ; Yousefi, Leila
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tarbiat Modares Univ., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
A layered nano-structure is proposed to operate as an optical hyperbolic Metamaterial. The structure consists of two stacking layers of Au and Al2O3. This structure has three response regions of negative refraction, positive refraction, and zero transmission, at optical frequencies. The proposed hyperbolic metamaterial, in accordance with the non-linear effect and pump-probe method, is used to design an all-optical switch.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; gold; light refraction; light transmission; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical Kerr effect; optical design techniques; optical metamaterials; optical pumping; optical switches; Au-Al2O3; Kerr nonlinear effect; all-optical switch design; layered nanostructure; negative refraction; nonlinear effect; optical hyperbolic metamaterial; positive refraction; pump-probe method; stacking layers; switchable hyperbolic optical metamaterial; zero transmission; Hidden Markov models; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical switches; All optical Switch; Anisotropic Materials; Hyperbolic Metamaterial; Kerr nonlinear effect;
Conference_Titel :
Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWATT), 2014 Third Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6590-8
DOI :
10.1109/MMWaTT.2014.7057195
