Title :
Novel Metal-less Optical Left Handed Material by Coupled Semiconductor Quantum Dots
Author :
Ginzburg, Pavel ; Orenstein, Meir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion, Haifa
Abstract :
Novel implementation of left-handed metamaterial in the optical regime, based on coupled systems of semiconductor quantum dots is proposed and analyzed. Low loss or even gain can be exhibited as exemplified for AlN/InN quantum dots
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; indium compounds; metamaterials; optical couplers; optical materials; semiconductor quantum dots; AlN-InN; coupled systems; left-handed metamaterial; metal-less optical left handed material; optical regime; semiconductor quantum dots; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Electrons; Energy states; Metamaterials; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Quantum dots; Stationary state;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279024
