Switchable hyperbolic optical metamaterial based on Kerr nonlinear effect

Author

Shoaei, Maziar ; Moravvej-Farshi, Mohammad Kazem ; Yousefi, Leila

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tarbiat Modares Univ., Tehran, Iran

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A layered nano-structure is proposed to operate as an optical hyperbolic Metamaterial. The structure consists of two stacking layers of Au and Al₂O₃. This structure has three response regions of negative refraction, positive refraction, and zero transmission, at optical frequencies. The proposed hyperbolic metamaterial, in accordance with the non-linear effect and pump-probe method, is used to design an all-optical switch.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; gold; light refraction; light transmission; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical Kerr effect; optical design techniques; optical metamaterials; optical pumping; optical switches; Au-Al₂O₃; Kerr nonlinear effect; all-optical switch design; layered nanostructure; negative refraction; nonlinear effect; optical hyperbolic metamaterial; positive refraction; pump-probe method; stacking layers; switchable hyperbolic optical metamaterial; zero transmission; Hidden Markov models; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical switches; All optical Switch; Anisotropic Materials; Hyperbolic Metamaterial; Kerr nonlinear effect;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWATT), 2014 Third Conference on

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6590-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMWaTT.2014.7057195

Filename

7057195