Experimental Demonstration of Luneburg Waveguides

Photonics

Vera N. Smolyaninova¹  David Lahneman¹  Todd Adams¹  Thomas Gresock¹  Kathryn Zander¹  Christopher Jensen¹ 

[1] Department of Physics Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA; E-Mails:

关键词: transformation optics;    Luneburg lens;    waveguide;   

DOI  :  10.3390/photonics2020440

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Transformation optics gives rise to numerous unusual optical devices, such as novel metamaterial lenses and invisibility cloaks. Very recently, Mattheakis et al. (Luneburg lens waveguide networks. J. Opt. 2012, 14, 114006) have suggested theoretical design of an optical waveguide, based on a network of Luneburg lenses, which may be useful in sensing and nonlinear optics applications. Here, we report the first experimental realization of such Luneburg waveguides. We have studied wavelength and polarization dependent performance of the waveguides.

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