Title :
Geometry-enhanced modulation of group velocity in nano-waveguides
Author :
Podolskiy, Viktor A. ; Govyadinov, Alexander A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
Abstract :
We demonstrate that modulation of geometry of nanoscale waveguides may dramatically enhance the modulation of group velocity in dispersive media and illustrate the developed formalism on examples of plasmonic nanorod and metamaterial photonic funnel.
Keywords :
dispersive media; metamaterials; optical dispersion; optical modulation; optical waveguides; plasmons; dispersive media; geometry modulation; group velocity modulation; metamaterial photonic funnel; nanoscale waveguides; plasmonic nanorod; Dispersion; Modulation coding; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Pulse modulation; 190.5530 Pulse propagation and solitons; 240.6690 Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
