• DocumentCode
    2258383
  • Title

    On-way slow light in nonreciprocal low-symmetry metamaterials

  • Author

    Khanikaev, Alexander B. ; Wu, Chihhui ; Mousavi, S. Hossein ; Shvets, Gennady

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    It is shown that metamaterials containing magnetooptical media exhibit nonreciprocal properties ranging from polarization dependent isolation to one-way slow-light. This opens a new avenues to control light and design ultracompact nonreciprocal optical elements.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; magneto-optical effects; metamaterials; optical design techniques; optical elements; slow light; control light; low-symmetry metamaterials; magnetooptical media; nonreciprocal properties; on-way slow light; polarization dependent isolation; ultracompact nonreciprocal optical elements; Couplings; Media; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical ring resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951386