• DocumentCode
    2261470
  • Title

    Dipole radiation near hyperbolic metamaterials: Applicability of effective medium approximation

  • Author

    Kidwai, Omar ; Zhukovsky, Sergei V. ; Sipe, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Inst. for Opt. Sci., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Radiation rate of a dipole in close proximity to a hyperbolic metamaterial is theoretically investigated. Homogenized effective medium is found to overestimate the Purcell factor compared to real metal-dielectric subwavelength multilayers.
  • Keywords
    metamaterials; optical multilayers; Purcell factor; effective medium approximation; homogenized effective medium; hyperbolic metamaterials; metal-dielectric subwavelength multilayers; Dielectrics; Hidden Markov models; Metals; Metamaterials; Nonhomogeneous media; Permittivity; Slabs;
  • 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
    5951519
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2261470