Fundamental limits to optical response in absorptive systems

At visible and infrared frequencies, metals show tantalizing promise for strong subwavelength resonances, but material loss typically dampens the response. We derive fundamental limits to the optical response of absorptive systems, bounding the largest enhancements possible given intrinsic material...

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Main Authors: Miller, Owen D., Polimeridis, Athanasios G., Hsu, Chia Wei, DeLacy, Brendan G., Reid, M. T. Homer, Soljacic, Marin, Joannopoulos, John, Johnson, Steven G
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Optical Society of America 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101261
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7184-5831
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2745-2392