Title :
Guiding Modes of a Slab Waveguide Composed of Impedance-Matched Single Negative Materials
Author :
Kim, Kyoung-Youm ; Lee, Il-Min ; Lee, Byoungho
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. Eng., Sejong Univ., Seoul
fDate :
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The properties of guiding modes of a slab waveguide composed of impedance-matched epsiv (permittivity) negative and mu (permeability) negative media were investigated. This special type of waveguide supports only a single mode having polarization degeneracy: transverse-electric (TE)- and transverse-magnetic (TM)-polarized light waves always have the same propagation wavevectors. However, the overall power flow directions of these degenerate TE and TM modes are always opposite to each other.
Keywords :
impedance matching; light polarisation; metamaterials; optical materials; optical waveguides; permeability; permittivity; TE mode; TM mode; guiding mode; impedance-matched single negative material; permeability; permittivity; polarization degeneracy; polarized light waves; propagation wavevector; slab waveguide; transverse-electric polarization; transverse-magnetic polarization; Impedance; Load flow; Metamaterials; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Permeability; Plasmons; Slabs; Tellurium; Guiding mode; metamaterial; waveguide;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2017502
