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Customizing longitudinal electric field profiles using spatial dispersion in dielectric wire arrays

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Customizing longitudinal electric field profiles using spatial dispersion in dielectric wire arrays. / Boyd, Taylor; Gratus, Jonathan; Kinsler, Paul et al.
In: Optics Express, Vol. 26, No. 3, 05.02.2018, p. 2478-2494.

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title = "Customizing longitudinal electric field profiles using spatial dispersion in dielectric wire arrays",
abstract = "Abstract: We show how spatial dispersion can be used as a mechanism to customize the longitudinal profiles of electric fields inside modulated wire media, using a fast and remarkablyaccurate 1D inhomogeneous model. This customization gives fine control of the sub-wavelength behaviour of the field, as has been achieved recently for transverse fields in simpler slotted-slab media. Our scheme avoids any necessity to run a long series of computationally intensive 3D simulations of specific structures, in order to iteratively converge (or brute-force search) to an empirical `best-performance' design according to an abstract figure-of-merit. Instead, if supplied with an `ideal waveform' profile, we could now calculate how to construct it directly. Notably, and unlike most work on photonic crystal structures, our focus is specifically on the field profiles because of their potential utility, rather than other issues such as band-gap control, and/or transmission and reflection coefficients.",
keywords = "Dispersion, Waves, Subwavelength structures, Artificially engineered materials, Metamaterials, Nanophotonics and photonic crystals",
author = "Taylor Boyd and Jonathan Gratus and Paul Kinsler and Rosa Letizia",
note = "{\textcopyright} 2018 Optical Society of America. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modifications of the content of this paper are prohibited.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1364/OE.26.002478",
language = "English",
volume = "26",
pages = "2478--2494",
journal = "Optics Express",
issn = "1094-4087",
publisher = "Optical Society of American (OSA)",
number = "3",

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T1 - Customizing longitudinal electric field profiles using spatial dispersion in dielectric wire arrays

AU - Boyd, Taylor

AU - Gratus, Jonathan

AU - Kinsler, Paul

AU - Letizia, Rosa

N1 - © 2018 Optical Society of America. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modifications of the content of this paper are prohibited.

PY - 2018/2/5

Y1 - 2018/2/5

N2 - Abstract: We show how spatial dispersion can be used as a mechanism to customize the longitudinal profiles of electric fields inside modulated wire media, using a fast and remarkablyaccurate 1D inhomogeneous model. This customization gives fine control of the sub-wavelength behaviour of the field, as has been achieved recently for transverse fields in simpler slotted-slab media. Our scheme avoids any necessity to run a long series of computationally intensive 3D simulations of specific structures, in order to iteratively converge (or brute-force search) to an empirical `best-performance' design according to an abstract figure-of-merit. Instead, if supplied with an `ideal waveform' profile, we could now calculate how to construct it directly. Notably, and unlike most work on photonic crystal structures, our focus is specifically on the field profiles because of their potential utility, rather than other issues such as band-gap control, and/or transmission and reflection coefficients.

AB - Abstract: We show how spatial dispersion can be used as a mechanism to customize the longitudinal profiles of electric fields inside modulated wire media, using a fast and remarkablyaccurate 1D inhomogeneous model. This customization gives fine control of the sub-wavelength behaviour of the field, as has been achieved recently for transverse fields in simpler slotted-slab media. Our scheme avoids any necessity to run a long series of computationally intensive 3D simulations of specific structures, in order to iteratively converge (or brute-force search) to an empirical `best-performance' design according to an abstract figure-of-merit. Instead, if supplied with an `ideal waveform' profile, we could now calculate how to construct it directly. Notably, and unlike most work on photonic crystal structures, our focus is specifically on the field profiles because of their potential utility, rather than other issues such as band-gap control, and/or transmission and reflection coefficients.

KW - Dispersion

KW - Waves

KW - Subwavelength structures

KW - Artificially engineered materials

KW - Metamaterials

KW - Nanophotonics and photonic crystals

U2 - 10.1364/OE.26.002478

DO - 10.1364/OE.26.002478

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VL - 26

SP - 2478

EP - 2494

JO - Optics Express

JF - Optics Express

SN - 1094-4087

IS - 3

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