Optical Field Enhancement in Nanoscale Slot Waveguides of Hyperbolic Metamaterials

Details Optical Field Enhancement in Nanoscale Slot Waveguides of Hyperbolic Metamaterials Optical Field Enhancement in Nanoscale Slot Waveguides of Hyperbolic Metamaterials

2012-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/1204.4247v1

Physics

Optics

13 pages, 4 figures

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Nanoscale slot waveguides of hyperbolic metamaterials are proposed and demonstrated for achieving large optical field enhancement. The dependence of the enhanced electric field within the air slot on waveguide mode coupling and permittivity tensors of hyperbolic metamaterials is analyzed both numerically and analytically. Optical intensity in the metamaterial slot waveguide can be more than 25 times stronger than that in a conventional silicon slot waveguide, due to tight optical mode confinement enabled by the ultrahigh refractive indices supported in hyperbolic metamaterials. The electric field enhancement effects are also verified with the realistic metal-dielectric multilayer waveguide structure.

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