Power circulation via negative energy-flux wormholes in optical nanowaveguides

Sergiy Mokhov; Ramy El-Ganainy; Demetrios N. Christodoulides

doi:10.1364/OE.14.003255

Power circulation via negative energy-flux wormholes in optical nanowaveguides

Sergiy Mokhov, Ramy El-Ganainy, and Demetrios N. Christodoulides

Optics Express
Vol. 14,
Issue 8,
pp. 3255-3262
(2006)
•doi: 10.1364/OE.14.003255

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We show that energy circulation within a pulse is possible when it propagates in a high-contrast dielectric nanowire. This process is accomplished through electromagnetic “wormhole” regions, in which the Poynting vector associated with the guided mode is negative with respect to the direction of propagation. For demonstration purposes this mechanism is elucidated in AlGaAs and silicon nanowaveguides. The effect of dispersion on the power circulation is also considered.

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E. F. F. Gillespie, Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng. 107c, 198–201 (1960).

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[Crossref]

Aitchison, J. S.

R. Iwanow, G. I. Stegeman, D. N. Christodoulides, R. Morandotti, D. Modotto, A. Locatelli, C. De Angelis, C. R. Stanley, M. Sorel, and J. S. Aitchison, “Enhanced third order nonlinear effects in AlGaAs nano-wire waveguides,” post-deadline paper PDP7, Nonlinear guided waves and their applications, OSA Topical Meeting, Dresden, Germany, Sept. 6-9, 2005.

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A. Askin, “Acceleration and trapping of particles by radiation pressure,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 156–159, (1970).
[Crossref]

Birks, T. A.

Cao, Q.

Christodoulides, D. N.

R. El-Ganainy, S. Mokhov, K. G. Makris, and D. N. Christodoulides, “Solitons in dispersion-inverted AlGaAs nanowires,” Opt. Express 14, 2277–2282 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

De Angelis, C.

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D. Hondros and P. Debye, “Elektromagnetische Wellen an dielektrischen Drähten,” Ann. Physik 32, 465–476 (1910).
[Crossref]

El-Ganainy, R.

R. El-Ganainy, S. Mokhov, K. G. Makris, and D. N. Christodoulides, “Solitons in dispersion-inverted AlGaAs nanowires,” Opt. Express 14, 2277–2282 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Fan, S.

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J. P. Gordon, “Radiation forces and momenta in dielectric media,” Phys. Rev. A 8, 14–21 (1973).
[Crossref]

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[Crossref]

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Locatelli, A.

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Makris, K. G.

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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Maxwell, I.

Mazur, E.

Modotto, D.

Mokhov, S.

R. El-Ganainy, S. Mokhov, K. G. Makris, and D. N. Christodoulides, “Solitons in dispersion-inverted AlGaAs nanowires,” Opt. Express 14, 2277–2282 (2006).
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I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 0576021–0576024 (2003).
[Crossref]

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E. Snitzer, “Cylindrical dielectric waveguide mode,“ J. Opt. Soc. Am. 51, 491–498 (1961).
[Crossref]

Sorel, M.

Stanley, C. R.

Stegeman, G. I.

Sukhorukov, A. A.

I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 0576021–0576024 (2003).
[Crossref]

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S. Kawata and T. Tani, “Optically driven Mie particles in an evanescent field along a channeled waveguide,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1768–1770 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Tong, L.

Trebino, R.

Wadsworth, W. J.

Yu, X.

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[Crossref]

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J. Opt. Soc. Am. (1)

E. Snitzer, “Cylindrical dielectric waveguide mode,“ J. Opt. Soc. Am. 51, 491–498 (1961).
[Crossref]

Nature (1)

Opt. Express (3)

R. El-Ganainy, S. Mokhov, K. G. Makris, and D. N. Christodoulides, “Solitons in dispersion-inverted AlGaAs nanowires,” Opt. Express 14, 2277–2282 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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S. Kawata and T. Tani, “Optically driven Mie particles in an evanescent field along a channeled waveguide,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1768–1770 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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J. P. Gordon, “Radiation forces and momenta in dielectric media,” Phys. Rev. A 8, 14–21 (1973).
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I. V. Shadrivov, A. A. Sukhorukov, and Y. S. Kivshar, “Guided modes in negative-refractive-index waveguides,” Phys. Rev. E 67, 0576021–0576024 (2003).
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K. Okamoto, Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides (Academic Press, London2000).

S. A. Schelkunoff, Electromagnetic Waves (D. Van Nostrand Inc., New York, 1943).

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S. Kawata, M. Ohtsu, and M. Irie, Nano-Optics, (Springer Verlag, Berlin2002).

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Fig. 1.

(a) Distribution of the ${HE}_{11}^{x}$ Poynting vector S_z associated with an Al _0.2 Ga _0.8 As nanowire of core radius a = 170 nm . (b) Top view shows the ellipticity of the s_z distribution. (c) Negative s_z regions with the positive part removed for illustration purposes.

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Fig. 2.

Iso-contour lines | $S_{z - max}^{-}$ / $S_{z - max}^{+}$ | associated with the HE ₁₁ mode in an air-clad nanowire, as a function of index contrast and the V number.

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Fig. 3.

Electric field and negative Poynting vector distributions in an (a) elliptical waveguide with aspect ratio 400×350nm ² (b) square waveguide 350×350nm ² and (c) “pyramid” waveguide of approximate dimensions 300×350nm ²

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Fig. 4.

(a) Transverse Poynting vector distribution at the leading edge of a pulse (b) An expanded view of the power-flow density around the wormhole area.

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Fig. 5.

Schematic demonstration of the space-time Poynting vector field (in T and x). Power circulation within the pulse (traveling from right to left) is evident.

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∯_{A} \vec{S} ∙ d \vec{a} = - \frac{\partial W}{\partial t}

\vec{E} = \vec{e} (r, θ) \exp [i (ω t - β z)]

\vec{H} = \vec{h} (r, θ) \exp [i (ω t - β z)]

{\begin{matrix} \vec{E} \\ \vec{H} \end{matrix}} = \frac{e^{i (ω_{0} t - β_{0} z)}}{2 π} \int_{- \infty}^{\infty} d Ω Φ_{0} (Ω) e^{i (Ω T - F (Ω) z)} {\begin{matrix} \vec{e} ({\vec{r}}_{⊥}, ω_{0} + Ω) \\ \vec{h} ({\vec{r}}_{⊥}, ω_{0} + Ω) \end{matrix}}

[\begin{matrix} \vec{E} \\ \vec{H} \end{matrix}] = [\begin{matrix} {\vec{e}}_{0} & - i {\vec{e}}_{1} \\ {\vec{h}}_{0} & - i {\vec{h}}_{1} \end{matrix}] [\begin{matrix} ϕ \\ \frac{\partial ϕ}{\partial T} \end{matrix}] \exp [i (ω_{0} t - β_{0} z)]

\vec{S} = \frac{1}{2} Re {A^{2} ({\vec{e}}_{0} \times {\vec{h}}_{0}^{*}) + A^{2} \frac{\partial ψ}{\partial T} ({\vec{e}}_{1} \times {\vec{h}}_{0}^{*} + {\vec{e}}_{0} \times {\vec{h}}_{1}^{*}) + \frac{i}{2} \frac{{\partial A}^{2}}{\partial T} ({\vec{e}}_{0} \times {\vec{h}}_{1}^{*} - {\vec{e}}_{1} \times {\vec{h}}_{0}^{*})},

\vec{S} = \frac{{∣ E_{0} ∣}^{2}}{2 \sqrt{1 + {(\frac{z}{z_{d}})}^{2}}} \exp (- \frac{2 τ^{2}}{1 + {(\frac{z}{z_{d}})}^{2}}) ∙

Re {({\vec{e}}_{0} \times {\vec{h}}_{0}^{*}) + \frac{2 (\frac{τ}{τ_{0}}) (\frac{z}{z_{d}})}{1 + {(\frac{z}{z_{d}})}^{2}} ({\vec{e}}_{1} \times {\vec{h}}_{0}^{*} + {\vec{e}}_{0} \times {\vec{h}}_{1}^{*}) - \frac{2 i (\frac{τ}{τ_{0}})}{1 + {(\frac{z}{z_{d}})}^{2}} ({\vec{e}}_{0} \times {\vec{h}}_{1}^{*} - {\vec{e}}_{1} \times {\vec{h}}_{0}^{*})}

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Mazur, E.

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