Title :
General conditions for lossless propagation in near-infrared hyperbolic metamaterial waveguides
Author :
Smalley, Joseph S. T. ; Vallini, Felipe ; Kante, Boubacar ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present general conditions for lossless propagation in near-infrared hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM) waveguides with lateral confinement. We conclude that HMMs based on noble metals, rather than transparent conducting oxides, offer greatest promise for low-loss propagation.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical losses; optical metamaterials; optical waveguides; HMM; lateral confinement; lossless propagation; low-loss propagation; near-infrared hyperbolic metamaterial waveguides; noble metals; transparent conducting oxides; Hidden Markov models; Metals; Metamaterials; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Permittivity; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
