384 research outputs found
Spatially dispersive finite-difference time-domain analysis of sub-wavelength imaging by the wire medium slabs
In this paper, a spatially dispersive finite-difference time-domain (FDTD)
method to model wire media is developed and validated. Sub-wavelength imaging
properties of the finite wire medium slabs are examined. It is demonstrated
that the slab with its thickness equal to an integer number of half-wavelengths
is capable of transporting images with sub-wavelength resolution from one
interface of the slab to another. It is also shown that the operation of such
transmission devices is not sensitive to their transverse dimensions, which can
be made even comparable to the wavelength. In this case, the edge diffractions
are negligible and do not disturb the image formation.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Optics Expres
Magnetic dipole radiation tailored by substrates: numerical investigation
Nanoparticles of high refractive index materials can possess strong magnetic
polarizabilities and give rise to artificial magnetism in the optical spectral
range. While the response of individual dielectric or metal spherical particles
can be described analytically via multipole decomposition in the Mie series,
the influence of substrates, in many cases present in experimental
observations, requires different approaches. Here, the comprehensive numerical
studies of the influence of a substrate on the spectral response of high- index
dielectric nanoparticles were performed. In particular, glass, perfect electric
conductor, gold, and hyperbolic metamaterial substrates were investigated.
Optical properties of nanoparticles were characterized via scattering
cross-section spectra, electric field profiles, and induced electric and
magnetic moments. The presence of substrates was shown to introduce significant
impact on particle's magnetic resonances and resonant scattering
cross-sections. Variation of substrate material provides an additional degree
of freedom in tailoring properties of emission of magnetic multipoles,
important in many applications.Comment: 10 page, 28 figure
Subwavelength modulational instability and plasmon oscillons in nanoparticle arrays
We study modulational instability in nonlinear arrays of subwavelength
metallic nanoparticles, and analyze numerically nonlinear scenarios of the
instability development. We demonstrate that modulational instability can lead
to the formation of regular periodic or quasi-periodic modulations of the
polarization. We reveal that such nonlinear nanoparticle arrays can support
long-lived standing and moving oscillating nonlinear localized modes - plasmon
oscillons.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, published in Physical Review Letter
Subwavelength internal imaging by means of the wire medium
Evanescent wave amplification is observed, for the first time to our
knowledge, inside a half-wavelength-thick wire medium slab used for
subwavelength imaging. The wire medium is analyzed using both a spatially
dispersive finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method and a full-wave
commercial electromagnetic simulator CST Microwave Studio. In this work we
demonstrate that subwavelength details of a source placed at a distance of
one-tenth of a wavelength from a wire medium slab can be detected inside the
slab with a resolution of approximately one-tenth of a wavelength in spite of
the fact that they cannot be resolved at the front interface of the device, due
to the rapid decay of evanescent spatial harmonics in free space
Engineered Optical Nonlocality in Nanostructured Metamaterials
We analyze dispersion properties of metal-dielectric nanostructured
metamaterials. We demonstrate that, in a sharp contrast to the results for the
corresponding effective medium, the structure demonstrates strong optical
nonlocality due to excitation of surface plasmon polaritons that can be
engineered by changing a ratio between the thicknesses of metal and dielectric
layers. In particular, this nonlocality allows the existence of an additional
extraordinary wave that manifests itself in the splitting of the TM-polarized
beam scattered at an air-metamaterial interface
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