Propagation of polarized photons through a cavity with an anisotropic metamaterial

doi:10.1007/s11467-016-0594-1

Frontiers of Physics

2016, Vol. 11

Issue (6): 114208 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-016-0594-1

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Propagation of polarized photons through a cavity with an anisotropic metamaterial

Yun-Xia Dong(

),Jing-Jiang You

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

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We present a theoretical study of the propagation properties of polarized photons passing through the cavity with an anisotropic metamaterial. We find that the resonant peaks of transmission appear for photons polarized in a certain direction corresponding to a negative element of the permittivity tensor. This indicates the potential for applying such cavity structures as filters for photons with certain polarizations. The resonant peak of transmission for photons having a given frequency can be achieved by adjusting the thicknesses of the air and metamaterial. If the frequency of the incident photons and the thickness of the metamaterial are fixed, the cavity structure can be used as a photon switch controlled by the thickness of the air. The effect of the absorption is considered, and the result shows that the transmission peak always appears, even for metamaterials with large absorption. Finally, the polarization manipulation of such structures is explored.

Key words： anisotropic metamaterial polarized photon cavity structure

收稿日期: 2016-01-27 出版日期: 2016-06-06

Corresponding Author(s): Yun-Xia Dong

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. [J]. Frontiers of Physics, 2016, 11(6): 114208.
Yun-Xia Dong,Jing-Jiang You. Propagation of polarized photons through a cavity with an anisotropic metamaterial. Front. Phys. , 2016, 11(6): 114208.

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