title: TE and TM guided modes in an air waveguide with negative-index-material cladding.
abstract: We numerically demonstrate that a planar waveguide in which the inner layer is a gas with refractive index n0 = 1, sandwiched between two identical semi-infinite layers of a negative index material, can support both transverse electric and transverse magnetic guided modes with low losses. Recent developments in the design of metamaterials with an effective negative index suggest that this waveguide could operate in the infrared region of the spectrum.
authors.affiliation: Time Domain Corporation, Cummings Research Park 7057 Old Madison Pike Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA. giuseppe.daguanno@timedomain.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Aguanno
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mattiucci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scalora
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bloemer