Gain-induced compensation of losses in metal-dielectric metamaterials

Date

2012

Authors

Savelev, Roman S
Shadrivov, Ilya
Belov, Pavel A
Fedorov, S V
Rosanov, Nikolay N.
Sukhorukov, Andrey
Kivshar, Yuri

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American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Abstract

We analyse a possibility of gain-induced compensation of losses in 1D infinite layered structure, consisting of alternating metal and dielectric layers with gain. Using isofrequency contours technique we show that losses can be completely compensated for

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Keywords: hyperbolic dispersion; loss compensation; metal-dielectric metamaterials

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AIP Conference Proceedings Vol 1475, 2012

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Conference paper

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