Self-Configuring Universal Linear Optical Component [PDF]
, 2013 We show how to design an optical device that can perform any linear function or coupling between inputs and outputs. This design method is progressive, requiring no global optimization.
Miller, David A. B.
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Boyer-Lindquist space-times and beyond: Meta-material analogues [PDF]
, 2018 Physically reasonable stationary axisymmetric spacetimes can (under very mild technical conditions) be put into Boyer-Lindquist form. Unfortunately a metric presented in Boyer-Lindquist form is not well-adapted to the "quasi-Cartesian" meta-material ...
Schuster, Sebastian, Visser, Matt
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Comparison of different forms for the "spin" and "orbital" components of the angular momentum of light [PDF]
, 2011 We compare three attempts that have been made to decompose the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field into components of an "orbital" and "spin" nature. All three expressions are different and it appears, on the basis of classical electrodynamics,
Stewart, A. M.
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Metamaterials for light rays: ray optics without wave-optical analog in the ray-optics limit [PDF]
, 2009 Volumes of sub-wavelength electromagnetic elements can act like homogeneous materials: metamaterials. In analogy, sheets of optical elements such as prisms can act ray-optically like homogeneous sheet materials.
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Spontaneous radiation of a finite-size dipole emitter in hyperbolic media [PDF]
, 2011 We study the radiative decay rate and Purcell effect for a finite-size dipole emitter placed in a homogeneous uniaxial medium. We demonstrate that the radiative rate is strongly enhanced when the signs of the longitudinal and transverse dielectric ...
A. Kavokin +10 more
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Nonlinearity Induced Critical Coupling [PDF]
, 2013 We study a critically coupled system (Opt. Lett., \textbf{32}, 1483 (2007)) with a Kerr-nonlinear spacer layer. Nonlinearity is shown to inhibit null-scattering in a critically coupled system at low powers.
Gopal, Achanta Venu +2 more
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Power limits and a figure of merit for stimulated Brillouin scattering in the presence of third and fifth order loss [PDF]
, 2015 We derive a set of design guidelines and a figure of merit to aid the engineering process of on-chip waveguides for strong Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS).
Eggleton, Benjamin J. +4 more
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Deducing effective light transport parameters in optically thin systems [PDF]
, 2015 We present an extensive Monte Carlo study on light transport in optically thin slabs, addressing both axial and transverse propagation. We completely characterize the so-called ballistic-to-diffusive transition, notably in terms of the spatial variance ...
Mazzamuto, Giacomo +3 more
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Fermat's principle with complex refractive indices and local light-ray rotation [PDF]
, 2009 We describe local light-ray rotation in terms of complex refractive indices. We show that Fermat's principle holds, and we derive an extended Snell's law.
Alasdair C. Hamilton +7 more
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How complicated must an optical component be?
, 2013 We analyze how complicated a linear optical component has to be if it is to perform one of a range of functions. Specifically, we devise an approach to evaluating the number of real parameters that must be specified in the device design or fabrication ...
Miller, David A. B.
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