Frequency-Domain Simulations of a Negative-Index Material with Embedded Gain

Yonatan Sivan; Shumin Xiao; Uday K. Chettiar; Alexander V. Kildishev; Vladimir M. Shalaev

doi:10.1364/OE.17.024060

Frequency-Domain Simulations of a Negative-Index Material with Embedded Gain

Yonatan Sivan, Shumin Xiao, Uday K. Chettiar, Alexander V. Kildishev, Vladimir M. Shalaev

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We solve the equations governing light propagation in a negative-index material with embedded nonlinearly saturable gain material using a frequency-domain model. We show that available gain materials can lead to complete loss compensation only if they are located in the regions where the field enhancement is maximal. We study the increased enhancement of the fields in the gain composite as well as in the metal inclusions and show analytically that the effective gain is determined by the average near-field enhancement.

Original language	English GB
Pages (from-to)	24060-24074
Number of pages	15
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	17
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.024060 https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.024060
State	Published - 21 Dec 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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