Title :
Topological transitions in metamaterials
Author :
Krishnamoorthy, Harish N S ; Jacob, Zubin ; Narimanov, Evgenii ; Kretzschmar, Ilona ; Menon, Vinod M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., City Univ. of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We deomonstrate the existence of optical topological transition, the optical equivalent of Lifshitz transition in electronic systems, by controlling the topology of the optical isofrequency curve using metamaterials.
Keywords :
metamaterials; optical control; electronic systems; metamaterials; optical equivalent Lifshitz transition; optical isofrequency curve; optical topological transition; Educational institutions; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical surface waves; Quantum dots; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
