Compensating Losses in Doped Negative-Index Metamaterials via Four-Wave Mixing and Quantum Control
Author(s) -
A. K. Popov,
S. A. Myslivets,
Thomas F. George,
Vladimir M. Shalaev
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
citeseer x (the pennsylvania state university)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1364/fio.2007.fwj4
Subject(s) - metamaterial , narrowband , context (archaeology) , four wave mixing , optics , materials science , interference (communication) , optoelectronics , wavelength , refractive index , nonlinear optics , mixing (physics) , quantum optics , quantum , physics , laser , quantum mechanics , telecommunications , computer science , paleontology , channel (broadcasting) , biology
Switching from absorption to amplification and narrowband filtering are shown possible in doped solids based on parametric amplification and quantum interference. The results are discussed in the context of compensation of losses in negative-index metamaterials.
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