Electrostriction enhancement in metamaterials
Optics
2015-06-01 v3
Abstract
We demonstrate a controllable enhancement in the electrostrictive properties of a medium using dilute composite artificial materials. Analytical expressions for the composite electrostriction are derived and used to show that enhancement, tunability and suppression can be achieved through a careful choice of constituent materials. Numerical examples with Ag, AsS, Si and SiO demonstrate that even in a non-resonant regime, artificial materials can bring more than a threefold enhancement in the electrostriction.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1504.04932,
title = {Electrostriction enhancement in metamaterials},
author = {M. J. A. Smith and B. T. Kuhlmey and C. Martijn de Sterke and C. Wolff and M. Lapine and C. G. Poulton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.04932},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Physical Review B