• DocumentCode
    474825
  • Title

    Geometry-enhanced modulation of group velocity in nano-waveguides

  • Author

    Podolskiy, Viktor A. ; Govyadinov, Alexander A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that modulation of geometry of nanoscale waveguides may dramatically enhance the modulation of group velocity in dispersive media and illustrate the developed formalism on examples of plasmonic nanorod and metamaterial photonic funnel.
  • Keywords
    dispersive media; metamaterials; optical dispersion; optical modulation; optical waveguides; plasmons; dispersive media; geometry modulation; group velocity modulation; metamaterial photonic funnel; nanoscale waveguides; plasmonic nanorod; Dispersion; Modulation coding; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Pulse modulation; 190.5530 Pulse propagation and solitons; 240.6690 Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572883