Title :
Transformed cladding waveguides: Confining light with all-dielectric metamaterials
Author :
Jahani, Saman ; Jacob, Zubin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
Contrary to popular assumption, we show that all-dielectric metamaterials ε> 1, μ = 1 can be used to strongly confine light. This leads to a new class of lossless waveguides capable of dense photonic integration.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; integrated optics; optical metamaterials; optical waveguides; all-dielectric metamaterials; dense photonic integration; light confinement; lossless waveguides; transformed cladding waveguides; Indexes; Metamaterials; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
