https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2015012
Research Article
Super-collimation of the radiation by a point source in a uniaxial wire medium
Department of Electrical Engineering, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Coimbra, 3030
Coimbra, Portugal
* E-mail: mario.silveirinha@co.it.pt
Received:
29
September
2015
Accepted:
17
November
2015
Published online: 26 January 2016
We investigate the radiation properties of a short horizontal dipole embedded in a uniaxial wire medium. It is shown that the uniaxial wire medium enables a super-collimation of the dipole radiation such that the radiation pattern has a singularity and the radiated fields are non-diffractive in the broadside direction. We derive a closed analytical formula for the power radiated by the dipole in the wire medium. Our theory demonstrates that as a consequence of the ultrahigh density of photonic states of the nanowire array, the power radiated by the dipole is strongly enhanced as compared to the power that would be emitted in the dielectric host with no nanowires.
Key words: Wire medium / Effective medium theory / Super-collimation
© T.A. Morgado and M.G. Silveirinha, Published by EDP Sciences, 2016
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