Efficient control of a 3D optical mode using a thin sheet of transformation optical medium

doi:10.1364/OE.18.020305

Efficient control of a 3D optical mode using a thin sheet of transformation optical medium

R. Ghasemi, P.-H. Tichit, A. Degiron, A. Lupu, and A. de Lustrac »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 19, pp. 20305-20312 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.020305

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Abstract

We report on a mode adapter that transitions light between two SOI waveguides having different widths. The device has been designed using a two-dimensional embedded coordinate transformation and consists of a thin sheet of a controlled anisotropic material directly placed on top of the Si slab. We demonstrate that this layer effectively controls the flow of energy propagating in the Si slab by performing three-dimensional full-wave simulations. The proposed geometry can be implemented with planar optical metamaterials for various applications in guided optics.

OCIS Codes
(160.1190) Materials : Anisotropic optical materials
(260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
(160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

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Physical Optics

History
Original Manuscript: July 19, 2010
Revised Manuscript: August 20, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: September 2, 2010
Published: September 8, 2010

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R. Ghasemi, P.-H. Tichit, A. Degiron, A. Lupu, and A. de Lustrac, "Efficient control of a 3D optical mode using a thin sheet of transformation optical medium," Opt. Express 18, 20305-20312 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-19-20305

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Adv. Mater. (Deerfield Beach Fla.)

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Appl. Phys. Lett.

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Mater. Today

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Nano Lett.

P. A. Huidobro, M. L. Nesterov, L. Martín-Moreno, and F. J. García-Vidal, “Transformation optics for plasmonics,” Nano Lett. 10(6), 1985–1990 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Nat. Mater.

J. Valentine, J. Li, T. Zentgraf, G. Bartal, and X. Zhang, “An optical cloak made of dielectrics,” Nat. Mater. 8(7), 568–571 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Nat. Photonics

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Nature

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Opt. Express

Opt. Lett.

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Phys. Rev. B

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Phys. Rev. Lett.

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Proc. SPIE

R. M. Walser, A. Lakhtakia, W. S. Weiglhofer, and I. J. Hodgkinson, “Electromagnetic metamaterials,” Proc. SPIE 4467, 1–15 (2001). [CrossRef]

Science

D. R. Smith, J. B. Pendry, and M. C. K. Wiltshire, “Metamaterials and negative refractive index,” Science 305(5685), 788–792 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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