Mode Coupling in a Tapered Slow Light Waveguide

Details Mode Coupling in a Tapered Slow Light Waveguide Mode Coupling in a Tapered Slow Light Waveguide

2010-03-14

arxiv.org/abs/1003.2768v1

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Optics

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Metamaterials with simultaneous negative permittivity and negative permeability (also called left-handed materials) open new avenues to achieving unprecedented physical properties and functionality unattainable with naturally occurring materials. It has been predicted that a metamaterial slab waveguide can slow down light significantly (even to zero velocity) as the thickness of the core layer approaches a critical thickness. Here we show that coupling between the forward and backward modes becomes significant near the critical thickness due to the good matching of the wavevectors and modal profiles of the two modes. Physical explanation and impact of this coupling are given.

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