Optical waveguides take a prominent role in photonics because they are
able to trap and to transport light efficiently between a point of
excitation and a point of detection. Moreover, waveguides allow the
management of many of the fundamental properties of light and allow
highly controlled interaction with other optical systems. For this
reason waveguides are ubiquitous in telecommunications, sensing,
spectroscopy, light sources, and high power light delivery.
Nanostructured and subwavelength waveguides have additional
advantages; they are able to confine light at a length scale below the
diffraction limit and enhance or suppress light-matter interaction, as
well as manage fundamental properties of light such as speed and
direction of energy and phase propagation. This book presents
semi-analytical theory and practical applications of a large number of
subwavelength and nanostructured optical waveguides and fibers
operating in various regions of the electromagnetic spectrum including
visible, near and mid-IR and THz. A large number of approximate, while
highly precise analytical expressions are derived that describe
various modal properties of the planar and circular isotropic,
anisotropic, and metamaterial waveguides and fibers, as well as
surface waves propagating on planar, and circular interfaces. A
variety of naturally occurring and artificial materials are also
considered such as dielectrics, metals, polar materials, anisotropic
all-dielectric and metal-dielectric metamaterials. Contents are
organized around four major themes: Guidance properties of
subwavelength waveguides and fibers made of homogeneous, generally
anisotropic materials Guidance properties of nanostructured waveguides
and fibers using both exact geometry modelling and effective medium
approximation Development of the effective medium approximations for
various 1D and 2D nanostructured materials and extension of these
approximations to shorter wavelengths Practical applications of
subwavelength and nanostructured waveguides and fibers
Nanostructured Subwavelengths and Waveguides is unique in that it
collects in a single place an extensive range of analytical solutions
which are derived in various limits for many practically important and
popular waveguide and fiber geometries and materials.
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Fundamentals and Applications
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781118343241
Publisert
2018
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1. utgave
Utgiver
Wiley Professional, Reference & Trade (Wiley K&L)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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