Adverse effect of material absorption on stopped light hollow waveguides with negative index metamaterial cladding

Authors

Xu Zhang, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Durdo O. Guney, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

We theoretically analyze the influence of absorption losses on a hollow waveguide with negative index cladding. The losses modify the waveguide dispersion relations; thereby it has a significant effect on the ability to stop the light. The negative index metamaterial cladding with reasonable absorption losses indicates that the losses render the light trapping difficult in such waveguides.

Publisher's Statement

© 2019 Optical Society of America. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.36.000248

Publication Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Recommended Citation

Zhang, X., & Guney, D. O. (2019). Adverse effect of material absorption on stopped light hollow waveguides with negative index metamaterial cladding. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 36(2), 248-255. http://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.36.000248
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