A new scheme to realize an abnormal dielectric response at optical wavelength is developed on the basis of twolevel electronic transition of rare-earth ion doped crystals.Based on the semi-classical theory and the Jud...A new scheme to realize an abnormal dielectric response at optical wavelength is developed on the basis of twolevel electronic transition of rare-earth ion doped crystals.Based on the semi-classical theory and the Judd-Ofelt theory,the electric dipole transition under a weak field is analyzed,and a general expression for the frequencydependent dielectric constant is obtained.As an example,the permittivity of (Erx Y1-x)3Al5O12 is calculated numerically in consideration of the transition between 4I15/2and 4F9/2.An optimized dielectric property with a negative real part and low absorption is achieved.This proposes a new mechanism for building extraordinary electromagnetic media at optical frequencies by using a quantum process.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 90922025,51032003,and 50921061.
文摘A new scheme to realize an abnormal dielectric response at optical wavelength is developed on the basis of twolevel electronic transition of rare-earth ion doped crystals.Based on the semi-classical theory and the Judd-Ofelt theory,the electric dipole transition under a weak field is analyzed,and a general expression for the frequencydependent dielectric constant is obtained.As an example,the permittivity of (Erx Y1-x)3Al5O12 is calculated numerically in consideration of the transition between 4I15/2and 4F9/2.An optimized dielectric property with a negative real part and low absorption is achieved.This proposes a new mechanism for building extraordinary electromagnetic media at optical frequencies by using a quantum process.