title: Transmission of electromagnetic waves through sub-wavelength channels.
abstract: We propose a method of tunneling electromagnetic (EM) waves through a channel with sub-wavelength cross section. By filling the channel with high-epsilon isotropic material and implementing two matching layers with uniaxial metamterial substrates, the guided waves can go through the narrow channel without being cut off, as if it has just passed through the original empty waveguide. Both the magnitude and phase information of the EM fields can be effectively restored after passing this channel, regardless of the polarization of the incoming wave. The performance of this sub-wavelength channel, which is designed with coordinate transformation methodology, is studied theoretically and numerically.
authors.affiliation: DTU Fotonik - Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. jinz@fotonik.dtu.dk
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Niels Asger
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Mortensen
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation