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Negative index materials (NIM) enable subwavelength resolution and are promising for applications in integrated optical systems, since the mode volume is small. Most promising NIM systems essentially use noble metals (Ag, Au) with material losses much lower than in other metals, but still rather hefty, like in metal–dielectric–metal “fishnets”. Therefore, we perform extensive finite-difference time-domain modeling of NIM “fishnets” in combination with gain medium, InGaAsP multiple quantum wells in the present work. The signal recovery is weak, which is related to weak overlap between the radiation field and the gain medium. The signal modulation speed may be very large, in a picosecond range.
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Ponizovskaya, E.V., Bratkovsky, A.M. Negative index materials with gain media for fast modulation. Appl. Phys. A 95, 1137–1142 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5146-x
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