Metal-free quantum-based metamaterial for surface plasmon polariton guiding with amplification

Pavel Ginzburg; Meir Orenstein

doi:10.1063/1.2978208

Metal-free quantum-based metamaterial for surface plasmon polariton guiding with amplification

Pavel Ginzburg^*, Meir Orenstein

^*Corresponding author for this work

Physics

Technion Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We propose an artificial material, based on inclusions of low-dimensional quantum structures made of AlN/GaN semiconductor layers, in a similar setting to that of a quantum cascade amplifier. By a proper quantum-dispersion engineering, this metamaterial can be used as a nonmetallic guide of surface plasmon polaritons in the optical regime with the added benefit of amplification and modulation. Advanced dispersion engineering of this quantum system is detailed here and due to the rapid development of the epitaxial growth of such material, we expect that the full set of the required material parameters will be realized in the near future. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2978208]

Original language	English
Article number	063513
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	104
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2978208
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2008

Keywords

MU-M
FINITE-WIDTH
INTERSUBBAND TRANSITION
DIFFRACTION-LIMIT
CASCADE LASERS
NEGATIVE REFRACTION
PHONON-SCATTERING
GAIN
WAVE-GUIDES
WAVELENGTH

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Metal-free quantum-based metamaterial for surface plasmon polariton guiding with amplification

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