Abstract

The guided modes of a negative refractive index channel waveguide have been numerically investigated. It has been found that the modes exhibit a number of unusual properties that differ considerably from those of a conventional waveguide. In particular, it has been shown that these waveguides can exhibit low or negative group velocity as well as extraordinarily large group velocity dispersion. Calculation of the Poynting vector reveals that it is possible to support a mode with a zero energy flux motivating a simple design for an optical trap.

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    [Crossref]
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  3. J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, “Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075–2084, (1999).
    [Crossref]
  4. D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187, (2000).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  7. M. Notomi, “Theory of light propagation in strongly modulated photonic crystals: Refractionlike behavior in the vicinity of the photonic band gap,” Phys. Rev. B 62, 10696 (2000).
    [Crossref]
  8. C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, “All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002).
    [Crossref]
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  10. M. Yamada, N. Nada, M. Saitoh, and K. Watanabe, “First order quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodically poled by applying an external field for efficient blue second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 435–436 (1993).
    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
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  14. G. I. Stegeman, J. J. Burke, and T. Tamir, “Surface-polaritonlike waves guided by thin, lossy metal films,” Opt. Lett. 8, 383–385 (1983).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]

2003 (3)

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Forteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,” Nature 423, 604–605 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 057602 (2003).
[Crossref]

T. M. Monro and D. J. Richardson, “Holey optical fibres: Fundamental properties and device applications,” C. R. Physique 4, 175–186 (2003).
[Crossref]

2002 (2)

J. E. Heebner, R. W. Boyd, and Q-H. Park, “SCISSOR solitons and other novel propagation effects in microresonator-modified waveguides,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19, 722–731 (2002).
[Crossref]

C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, “All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002).
[Crossref]

2001 (3)

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, “Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic left-handed metamaterial,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 489–491, (2001).
[Crossref]

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction,” Science 292, 77–79, (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2000 (2)

M. Notomi, “Theory of light propagation in strongly modulated photonic crystals: Refractionlike behavior in the vicinity of the photonic band gap,” Phys. Rev. B 62, 10696 (2000).
[Crossref]

D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187, (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1999 (2)

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, “Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075–2084, (1999).
[Crossref]

N. G. R. Broderick, T. M. Monro, P. J. Bennett, and D. J. Richardson, “Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: Measurement and future opportunities,” Opt. Lett. 15, 1395–1397 (1999).
[Crossref]

1996 (1)

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, W. J. Stewart, and I. Youngs, “Extremely low frequency plasmons in metallic mesostructures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4773–4776, (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1993 (1)

M. Yamada, N. Nada, M. Saitoh, and K. Watanabe, “First order quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodically poled by applying an external field for efficient blue second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 435–436 (1993).
[Crossref]

1983 (1)

1969 (1)

E. A. Marcatili, “Dieclectric rectangular waveguide and directional coupler for integrated optics,” Bell Syst. Tech. J. 48, 2071–2102 (1969).

1968 (1)

V. G. Veselago, “The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values ofε and µ,” Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509–514 (1968).
[Crossref]

Aydin, K.

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Forteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,” Nature 423, 604–605 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bennett, P. J.

N. G. R. Broderick, T. M. Monro, P. J. Bennett, and D. J. Richardson, “Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: Measurement and future opportunities,” Opt. Lett. 15, 1395–1397 (1999).
[Crossref]

Boyd, R. W.

Broderick, N. G. R.

N. G. R. Broderick, T. M. Monro, P. J. Bennett, and D. J. Richardson, “Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: Measurement and future opportunities,” Opt. Lett. 15, 1395–1397 (1999).
[Crossref]

Burke, J. J.

Cubukcu, E.

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Forteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,” Nature 423, 604–605 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Forteinopoulou, S.

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Forteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,” Nature 423, 604–605 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Heebner, J. E.

Holden, A. J.

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, “Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075–2084, (1999).
[Crossref]

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, W. J. Stewart, and I. Youngs, “Extremely low frequency plasmons in metallic mesostructures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4773–4776, (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Joannopoulos, J. D.

C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, “All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002).
[Crossref]

Johnson, S. G.

C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, “All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002).
[Crossref]

Kivshar, Y. S.

I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 057602 (2003).
[Crossref]

Luo, C.

C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, “All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002).
[Crossref]

Marcatili, E. A.

E. A. Marcatili, “Dieclectric rectangular waveguide and directional coupler for integrated optics,” Bell Syst. Tech. J. 48, 2071–2102 (1969).

Monro, T. M.

T. M. Monro and D. J. Richardson, “Holey optical fibres: Fundamental properties and device applications,” C. R. Physique 4, 175–186 (2003).
[Crossref]

N. G. R. Broderick, T. M. Monro, P. J. Bennett, and D. J. Richardson, “Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: Measurement and future opportunities,” Opt. Lett. 15, 1395–1397 (1999).
[Crossref]

Nada, N.

M. Yamada, N. Nada, M. Saitoh, and K. Watanabe, “First order quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodically poled by applying an external field for efficient blue second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 435–436 (1993).
[Crossref]

Nemat-Nasser, S. C.

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic left-handed metamaterial,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 489–491, (2001).
[Crossref]

D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187, (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Notomi, M.

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, “Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Notomi, “Theory of light propagation in strongly modulated photonic crystals: Refractionlike behavior in the vicinity of the photonic band gap,” Phys. Rev. B 62, 10696 (2000).
[Crossref]

Okamoto, K.

K. Okamoto, “Fundamentals of optical waveguides,” Academic Press, 2000.

Ozbay, E.

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Forteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,” Nature 423, 604–605 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Padilla, W. J.

D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187, (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Park, Q-H.

Pendry, J. B.

C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, “All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002).
[Crossref]

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, “Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075–2084, (1999).
[Crossref]

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, W. J. Stewart, and I. Youngs, “Extremely low frequency plasmons in metallic mesostructures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4773–4776, (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Ramo, S.

S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, “Fields and waves in communication electronics,” John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965.

Richardson, D. J.

T. M. Monro and D. J. Richardson, “Holey optical fibres: Fundamental properties and device applications,” C. R. Physique 4, 175–186 (2003).
[Crossref]

N. G. R. Broderick, T. M. Monro, P. J. Bennett, and D. J. Richardson, “Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: Measurement and future opportunities,” Opt. Lett. 15, 1395–1397 (1999).
[Crossref]

Robbins, D. J.

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, “Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075–2084, (1999).
[Crossref]

Saitoh, M.

M. Yamada, N. Nada, M. Saitoh, and K. Watanabe, “First order quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodically poled by applying an external field for efficient blue second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 435–436 (1993).
[Crossref]

Schultz, S.

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction,” Science 292, 77–79, (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic left-handed metamaterial,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 489–491, (2001).
[Crossref]

D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187, (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Shadrivov, I. V.

I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 057602 (2003).
[Crossref]

Shelby, R. A.

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction,” Science 292, 77–79, (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic left-handed metamaterial,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 489–491, (2001).
[Crossref]

Shinya, A.

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, “Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Smith, D. R.

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic left-handed metamaterial,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 489–491, (2001).
[Crossref]

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction,” Science 292, 77–79, (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187, (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Soukoulis, C. M.

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Forteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,” Nature 423, 604–605 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Stegeman, G. I.

Stewart, W. J.

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, “Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075–2084, (1999).
[Crossref]

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, W. J. Stewart, and I. Youngs, “Extremely low frequency plasmons in metallic mesostructures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4773–4776, (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Sukhorukov, A. A.

I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 057602 (2003).
[Crossref]

Takahashi, C.

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, “Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Takahashi, J.

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, “Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Tamir, T.

Van Duzer, T.

S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, “Fields and waves in communication electronics,” John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965.

Veselago, V. G.

V. G. Veselago, “The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values ofε and µ,” Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509–514 (1968).
[Crossref]

Vier, D. C.

D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187, (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Watanabe, K.

M. Yamada, N. Nada, M. Saitoh, and K. Watanabe, “First order quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodically poled by applying an external field for efficient blue second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 435–436 (1993).
[Crossref]

Whinnery, J. R.

S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, “Fields and waves in communication electronics,” John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965.

Yamada, K.

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, “Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Yamada, M.

M. Yamada, N. Nada, M. Saitoh, and K. Watanabe, “First order quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodically poled by applying an external field for efficient blue second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 435–436 (1993).
[Crossref]

Yokohama, I.

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, “Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Youngs, I.

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, W. J. Stewart, and I. Youngs, “Extremely low frequency plasmons in metallic mesostructures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4773–4776, (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. Lett. (2)

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic left-handed metamaterial,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 489–491, (2001).
[Crossref]

M. Yamada, N. Nada, M. Saitoh, and K. Watanabe, “First order quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodically poled by applying an external field for efficient blue second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 435–436 (1993).
[Crossref]

Bell Syst. Tech. J. (1)

E. A. Marcatili, “Dieclectric rectangular waveguide and directional coupler for integrated optics,” Bell Syst. Tech. J. 48, 2071–2102 (1969).

C. R. Physique (1)

T. M. Monro and D. J. Richardson, “Holey optical fibres: Fundamental properties and device applications,” C. R. Physique 4, 175–186 (2003).
[Crossref]

IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. (1)

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, D. J. Robbins, and W. J. Stewart, “Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075–2084, (1999).
[Crossref]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (1)

Nature (1)

E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Forteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,” Nature 423, 604–605 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett. (2)

N. G. R. Broderick, T. M. Monro, P. J. Bennett, and D. J. Richardson, “Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: Measurement and future opportunities,” Opt. Lett. 15, 1395–1397 (1999).
[Crossref]

G. I. Stegeman, J. J. Burke, and T. Tamir, “Surface-polaritonlike waves guided by thin, lossy metal films,” Opt. Lett. 8, 383–385 (1983).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B (2)

M. Notomi, “Theory of light propagation in strongly modulated photonic crystals: Refractionlike behavior in the vicinity of the photonic band gap,” Phys. Rev. B 62, 10696 (2000).
[Crossref]

C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, “All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002).
[Crossref]

Phys. Rev. E (1)

I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 057602 (2003).
[Crossref]

Phys. Rev. Lett. (3)

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama, “Extremely large group-velocity dispersion of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184–4187, (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. B. Pendry, A. J. Holden, W. J. Stewart, and I. Youngs, “Extremely low frequency plasmons in metallic mesostructures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4773–4776, (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Science (1)

R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction,” Science 292, 77–79, (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Sov. Phys. Usp. (1)

V. G. Veselago, “The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values ofε and µ,” Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509–514 (1968).
[Crossref]

Other (2)

K. Okamoto, “Fundamentals of optical waveguides,” Academic Press, 2000.

S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, “Fields and waves in communication electronics,” John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.

Waveguide geometry and parameters.

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Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.

Typical solutions for the x (top) and y (bottom) components of the guided modes of a negative index channel waveguide. The solid lines are the right-hand-sides of Eqs. (5) and (6) and the dashed lines are obtained from the right-hand-sides of Eqs. (7) and (8).

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Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.

Examples of the mode profiles for the solutions in Fig. 2. Top row : H2,1y solutions with L=0.1cm corresponding to intersections (a,α) and (b,β). Middle row : H3,1y solutions with L=1cm corresponding to intersections (c,δ) and (d,δ). Bottom row : H3,2y solutions with L=2cm corresponding to intersections (c,η) and (d,η).

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Fig. 4.
Fig. 4.

(a) Propagation constant, (b) group velocity, and (c) group velocity dispersion parameter of the H3,1y solutions from the middle row of Fig. 3. The solid and dashed lines correspond to the strongly (c,δ) and weakly (d,δ) localized modes, respectively.

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Fig. 5.
Fig. 5.

Normalized energy flux as calculated for the H3,1y solutions of Figs. 3 and 4.

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Fig. 6.
Fig. 6.

(a) Propagation constant and (b) normalized energy flux of the H3,1y solutions from the middle row of Fig. 3, as functions of the waveguide width L. The solid and dashed lines correspond to the strongly (c,δ) and weakly (d,δ) localized modes, respectively.

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Equations (11)

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E ˜ ( x , y , z , t ) = E ( x , y ) e − i ( ω t − β z ) ,
H ˜ ( x , y , z , t ) = H ( x , y ) e − i ( ω t − β z ) ,
∂ 2 H y ∂ x 2 + ∂ 2 H y ∂ y 2 + ( ω 2 c 2 ε i μ i − β ) H y = 0 ,
E x = ω μ 0 μ i β H y + 1 ω ε 0 ε i β ∂ 2 H y ∂ x 2 .
γ x L = ε 1 ε 2 k x L tan ( k x L − ( p − 1 ) π 2 ) ,
γ y L = k y L tan ( k y L − ( q − 1 ) π 2 ) ,
γ x 2 = ω 2 c 2 ( ε 2 μ 2 − ε 1 μ 1 ) − k x 2 ,
γ y 2 = ω 2 c 2 ( ε 2 μ 2 − ε 1 μ 1 ) − k y 2 .
β 2 = ω 2 c 2 ε 2 μ 2 − ( k x 2 + k y 2 ) .
ε i ( ω ) = 1 − ω p , i 2 ω 2 , μ i ( ω ) = 1 − F ω 2 ω 2 − ω 0 , i 2 .
P core = ∬ core S z d x d y , P clad = ∬ clad S z d x d y .

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