Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 200 South 33rd Street, ESE 203 Moore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Oct 2;103(14):143902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.143902. Epub 2009 Sep 29.
Optical nanocircuits may pave the way to transformative advancements in nanoscale communications. We introduce here the concept of an optical nanocircuit board, constituted of a layered metamaterial structure with low effective permittivity, over which specific traces that channel the optical displacement current may be carved out, allowing the optical "local connection" among "nonlocal" distant nanocircuit elements. This may provide "printed" nanocircuits, realizing an all-optical nanocircuit board over which specific grooves may be nanoimprinted within the realms of current nanotechnology.
光学纳米电路可能为纳米尺度通信的变革性进展铺平道路。我们在这里引入了光学纳米电路板的概念，它由具有低有效介电常数的分层超材料结构组成，在其上可以刻画出特定的迹线来引导光位移电流，从而允许“非局部”遥远纳米电路元件之间的光“局部连接”。这可能提供“印刷”的纳米电路，在当前纳米技术的范围内，在其上可以纳米压印出特定的凹槽，从而实现全光纳米电路板。
