Title :
Probing the ultrathin limit of hyperbolic meta-material: Nonlocality induced topological transitions
Author :
Long Chen ; Cheng Zhang ; Jing Zhou ; Guo, L. Jay
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Hyperbolic meta-materials based on ultrathin metal-dielectric multilayers have been studied by considering the nonlocal response of electrons in metal. We show that nonlocality will induce topological transitions of the iso-frequency surfaces and limit light-matter interactions.
Keywords :
metal-insulator boundaries; optical metamaterials; optical multilayers; electron nonlocal response; hyperbolic metamaterials; iso-frequency surfaces; light-matter interactions; nonlocality induced topological transitions; ultrathin metal-dielectric multilayers; Dispersion; Hidden Markov models; Metals; Metamaterials; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
