• DocumentCode
    732777
  • Title

    Epsilon-near zero wave diffraction in the optical domain

  • Author

    Ploss, Daniel ; Kriesch, Arian ; Naeger, Jakob ; Peschel, Ulf

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Inf. & Photonics (IOIP), Friedrich Alexander Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate wave propagation in 2D nanophotonic epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) waveguides. We show an ENZ double-slit experiment, investigate ENZ diffraction and observe the disappearance of wavelength-scale obstacles close to the cut-off of the waveguide mode.
  • Keywords
    light diffraction; nanophotonics; optical waveguides; 2D nanophotonic epsilon-near-zero waveguides; ENZ double-slit experiment; epsilon-near zero wave diffraction; epsilon-near zero wave propagation; optical domain; Diffraction; Indexes; Optical diffraction; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183214