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Study of a slab waveguide loaded with dispersive anisotropic metamaterials

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We have numerically studied the characteristics of a slab waveguide loaded with dispersive anisotropic metamaterials. For two typical-structured metamaterials, we have analyzed the tensor expressions of frequency-dependent permittivity and permeability and discussed influences of the resonant cell structures on waveguiding characteristics. Numerical results show that the slab waveguide loaded with anisotropic metamaterials may, to some extent, behave as the slab waveguides of isotropic left-handed metamaterials (LHMs) core and conventional right-handed materials core. To one’s interest, some unusual properties are revealed in this paper, such as the coexistence of the fundamental guided mode and negative group velocity, and extraordinarily large normal or anomalous group velocity dispersion. Our results may find some potential applications in both linear and nonlinear optical technology.

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  1. Department of Physics, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China

    Tao Pan, Guo-Ding Xu & Tao-Cheng Zang

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Thin Films, Department of Physics, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China

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Pan, T., Xu, GD., Zang, TC. et al. Study of a slab waveguide loaded with dispersive anisotropic metamaterials. Appl. Phys. A 95, 367–372 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-5061-6

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