Optics near a hyperbolic defect
We examine the properties of a family of defects called hyperbolic disclinations, and discuss their possible use for the design of perfect optical absorbers. In hyperbolic metamaterials, the ratio of ordinary and extraordinary permittivities is negative, which leads to an effective metric of Kleinia...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2015-12, Vol.92 (6), Article 063806 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We examine the properties of a family of defects called hyperbolic disclinations, and discuss their possible use for the design of perfect optical absorbers. In hyperbolic metamaterials, the ratio of ordinary and extraordinary permittivities is negative, which leads to an effective metric of Kleinian signature (two timelike coordinates). Considering a disclination in the hyperbolic nematic host matrix, we show that the timelike geodesics are Poinsot spirals, i.e., whatever the impact parameter of an incident light beam, it is confined and whirls about the defect core. The trapping effect does not require light to be coherent. This property also remains in the wave formalism, which may be the sign for many potential applications. |
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ISSN: | 1050-2947 1094-1622 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.063806 |