• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 5, 050005 (2018)
Dongyang Wang1、2, Jiaguang Han2, and Shuang Zhang1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
  • 2Center for Terahertz Waves and College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • show less
    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.050005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Dongyang Wang, Jiaguang Han, Shuang Zhang. Optical cavity resonance with magnetized plasma[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(5): 050005 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Indefinite media with mixed signs of dielectric tensor elements possess unbounded equifrequency surfaces that have been utilized for diverse applications such as superimaging, enhanced spontaneous emission, and thermal radiation. One particularly interesting application of indefinite media is an optical cavity supporting anomalous scaling laws. In this Letter, we show that by replacing an indefinite medium with magnetized plasma one can construct a tunable indefinite cavity. The magnetized plasma model is based on realistic semiconductor material properties at terahertz frequencies that show hyperbolic dispersion in a certain frequency regime. The hyperbolic dispersion features are utilized for the design of optical cavities. Dramatically different sizes of cavities can support the same resonance mode at the same frequency. For a cavity of fixed size, the anomalous scaling law between the resonance frequency and mode number is confirmed. The resonance frequency can be strongly modulated by changing the strength of the applied magnetic field. The proposed model provides active controllability of terahertz resonances on the deep subwavelength scale with realistic semiconductor materials.
    kx2+ky2kz2=εP(k2εR)(k2εL)ε1(k2εP)(k2εX),(1)

    View in Article

    kz2εkx2+ky2ε(ωp2ω2)/ω2=1.(2)

    View in Article

    ly=mπckyω,lz=nπckzω,(3)

    View in Article

    ω2=c22ε[(nπlz)2+(mπly)2+εωp2c2]12{c2ε[(nπlz)2+(mπly)2+εωp2c2]}24c2ε(nπlz)2ωp2.(4)

    View in Article

    Dongyang Wang, Jiaguang Han, Shuang Zhang. Optical cavity resonance with magnetized plasma[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(5): 050005
    Download Citation