Abstract
We report on the experimental demonstration of the broadband "trapped rainbow" in the visible frequency range using an adiabatically tapered optical nano waveguide. Being a distinct case of the slow light phenomenon, the trapped rainbow effect could be applied to optical computing and signal processing, such as spectroscopy on a chip, and to providing enhanced light-matter interactions. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics.
Keywords
gold; optical waveguides; radiation pressure; slow light
DOI
10.1063/1.3442501
Citation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 211121 (2010);
Date of this Version
5-2010
Recommended Citation
Smolyaninova, Vera N.; Smolyaninov, Igor; Kildishev, Alexander V.; and Shalaev, V. M., "Experimental observation of the trapped rainbow" (2010). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 705.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3442501
Comments
Copyright (2010) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 211121 (2010) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3442501. The following article has been submitted to/accepted by Applied Physics Letters. Copyright (2010) Vera N. Smolyaninova, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Alexander V. Kildishev, and Vladimir M. Shalaev. This article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.