OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING ALL-DIELECTRIC, ANISOTROPIC METAMATERIAL CLADDING AND LIGHT CONFINING METHOD ACHIEVED USING METAMATERIAL CLAD OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE

摘要

An all-dielectric metamaterial cladding is provided that can strongly confinelight insideconventional low-index dielectric waveguides for use with photonic integratedcircuitsand nano-photonic devices. A class of metamaterials with dual electric andmagneticanisotropy along with giant birefringence can provide the ideal quasi-transverseelectromagnetic mode propagation inside a glass core. A Transformed CladdingWaveguide can show an order of magnitude decreased cross-talk as compared toconventional waveguides.