• DocumentCode
    732674
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183110
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=732674