Departmental Papers (ESE)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
6-29-2009
Abstract
The epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) tunneling phenomenon allows full transmission of waves through a narrow channel even in the presence of a strong geometric mismatch. Here we experimentally demonstrate nonlinear control of the ENZ tunneling by an external field, as well as self-modulation of the transmission resonance due to the incident wave. Using a waveguide section near cut-off frequency as the ENZ system, we introduce a diode with tunable and nonlinear capacitance to demonstrate both these effects. Our results confirm earlier theoretical ideas on using an ENZ channel for dielectric sensing and their potential applications for tunable slow-light structures.
Date Posted: 22 December 2010
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Suggested Citation:
Powell, D.A., Alù, A., Edwards, B. and Vakil, A. (2009). "Nonlinear control of tunneling through an epsilon-near-zero channel." Physical Review B. 79, 245135.
© 2009 The American Physical Society
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.245135