Metal-less Optical Left Handed Material by Low-dimensional Quantum Structure Anisotropy

Abstract

We propose a novel concept of left-handed metamaterial assembly by semiconductor based low-dimensional quantum structures. We theoretically demonstrate the left-handed material, combined from low-dimensional semiconductor quantum wells or quantum dots. One of the most important advantages of the proposed scheme is the possible controllability of material regime and the ability to invert the material losses to gain by using active, pumped quantum structure.