• DocumentCode
    1770163
  • Title

    Subwavelength multilayer dielectrics: Ultrasensitive transmission and breakdown of effective-medium

  • Author

    Sheinfux, Hanan Herzig ; Kaminer, Ido ; Plotnik, Yonatan ; Bartal, Guy ; Segev, Mordechai

  • Author_Institution
    Israel Inst. of Technol., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that a structure of alternating dielectric layers with deep subwavelength thicknesses exhibits novel transmission effects that depend on the order of the layers and on nanometer scale variations of the layer widths.
  • Keywords
    dielectric materials; light transmission; nanophotonics; optical metamaterials; optical multilayers; deep subwavelength thicknesses; effective-medium breakdown; nanometer scale variations; subwavelength multilayer dielectrics; ultrasensitive transmission effects; Dielectrics; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical surface waves; Permittivity; Reflection; Surface impedance; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988775