Guided modes in channel waveguides with a negative index of refraction

doi:10.1364/OE.11.002502

Optics Express

Editor: Michael Duncan
Vol. 11, Iss. 20 — Oct. 6, 2003
pp: 2502–2510

Guided modes in channel waveguides with a negative index of refraction

A. Peacock and N. Broderick »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 11, Issue 20, pp. 2502-2510 (2003)
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The guided modes of a negative refractive index channel waveguide have been numerically investigated. It has been found that the modes exhibit a number of unusual properties that differ considerably from those of a conventional waveguide. In particular, it has been shown that these waveguides can exhibit low or negative group velocity as well as extraordinarily large group velocity dispersion. Calculation of the Poynting vector reveals that it is possible to support a mode with a zero energy flux motivating a simple design for an optical trap.

OCIS Codes
(160.4760) Materials : Optical properties
(230.7380) Optical devices : Waveguides, channeled
(350.5500) Other areas of optics : Propagation

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Original Manuscript: August 8, 2003
Revised Manuscript: September 18, 2003
Published: October 6, 2003

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A. Peacock and N. Broderick, "Guided modes in channel waveguides with a negative index of refraction," Opt. Express 11, 2502-2510 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-11-20-2502

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Bell Syst. Tech. J.

E. A. Marcatili, �??Dielectric rectangular waveguide and directional coupler for integrated optics,�?? Bell Syst. Tech. J. 48, 2071�??2102 (1969).

C. R. Physique

T. M. Monro and D. J. Richardson, �??Holey optical fibres: Fundamental properties and device applications,�?? C. R. Physique 4, 175�??186 (2003). [CrossRef]

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech.

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, �??Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena,�?? IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075�??2084, (1999). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

J. E. Heebner, R. W. Boyd, and Q-H. Park, �??SCISSOR solitons and other novel propagation effects in microresonator-modified waveguides,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 722�??731 (2002). [CrossRef]

Nature

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Forteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, �??Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,�?? Nature 423, 604�??605 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

N. G. R. Broderick, T. M. Monro, P. J. Bennett, and D. J. Richardson, �??Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: Measurement and future opportunities,�?? Opt. Lett. 15, 1395�??1397 (1999). [CrossRef]
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Phys. Rev. B

M. Notomi, �??Theory of light propagation in strongly modulated photonic crystals: Refractionlike behavior in the vicinity of the photonic band gap,�?? Phys. Rev. B 62, 10696 (2000). [CrossRef]
C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, �??All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index,�?? Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E

I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, �??Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,�?? Phys. Rev. E 67, 057602 (2003). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, �??Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,�?? Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, �??Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,�?? Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184�??4187, (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, W. J. Stewart, and I. Youngs, �??Extremely low frequency plasmons in metallic mesostructures,�?? Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4773�??4776, (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Science

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, �??Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction,�?? Science 292, 77�??79, (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Sov. Phys. Usp.

V. G. Veselago, �??The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values of ε and µ,�?? Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509�??514 (1968). [CrossRef]

Other

S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, �??Fields and waves in communication electronics,�?? John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965.
K. Okamoto, �??Fundamentals of optical waveguides,�?? Academic Press, 2000.

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