Rabi splitting induced by photon tunneling modes in effective zero-index metamaterials

Haitao Jiang, Liwei Zhang, Yaping Yang, Yewen Zhang, Hong Chen*, Shiyao Zhu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We theoretically and experimentally study the Rabi splitting induced by photon tunneling modes in a paired structure composed of a permittivity-negative medium and a permeability-negative medium. It is shown that a tunneling mode will appear at the frequency where the paired structure is equivalent to a media with effective (near) zero refractive index. A cavity may be realized with features: subwavelength cavity size and exponentially increasing of the optical field. Therefore, the photon tunneling mode in a metamaterial with effective (near) zero refractive index may be used as a cavity with highly localized field and small volume.

Original languageEnglish
Article number72260O
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7226
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
EventAdvances in Slow and Fast Light II - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: 25 Jan 200927 Jan 2009

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

User-Defined Keywords

  • Metamaterials
  • Rabi splitting
  • Tunneling

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