DocumentCode
500683
Title
Lossless negative dielectric constant optical material from a semiconductor quantum dot mixture
Author
Webb, K.J. ; Ludwig, A.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show that with sufficient gain, a mixture of two semiconductor quantum dots can produce an isotropic effective dielectric constant that is lossless and negative. This permits small-scale optical mode volume and lossless waveguides.
Keywords
optical losses; optical materials; optical waveguides; permittivity; semiconductor quantum dots; isotropic effective dielectric constant; lossless negative dielectric constantoptical material; lossless waveguides; semiconductor quantum dot mixture; small-scale optical mode volume; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Quantum dots; 160.1245; 250.5590; 260.2065; 350.4238;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5226098
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