Combined Surface Plasmon and Classical Waveguiding through Metamaterial Fiber Design

A metamaterial integration for fiber optics, leading to a dual effect of surface plasmon and classical waveguiding, is presented along with experimental potentiality. We theoretically propose a metamaterial fiber in which, depending on the wavelength (from ultraviolet to infrared) and the particular...

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Published in:Nano letters 2010-01, Vol.10 (1), p.1-5
Main Authors: Smith, Elliot J, Liu, Zhaowei, Mei, Yongfeng, Schmidt, Oliver G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air
Anisotropy
Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations)
Computer Simulation
Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films and low-dimensional structures
Equipment Design
Exact sciences and technology
Fiber Optic Technology
Infrared Rays
Materials Testing
Models, Theoretical
Nanostructures - chemistry
Nanotechnology - methods
Optical Fibers
Optics and Photonics
Physics
Surface and interface electron states
Surface Plasmon Resonance - methods
Ultraviolet Rays
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Summary:A metamaterial integration for fiber optics, leading to a dual effect of surface plasmon and classical waveguiding, is presented along with experimental potentiality. We theoretically propose a metamaterial fiber in which, depending on the wavelength (from ultraviolet to infrared) and the particular metamaterial composition, one can transmit information through surface plasmon mediated or classical waveguidance. The metamaterial can be used as the core or cladding of a fiber which allows waveguidance through a subwavelength geometry.
ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/nl900550j