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Hall-effect sign-inversion in a realizable 3D metamaterial

Materials Science 2015-03-23 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Classical Physics

Abstract

In 2009, Briane and Milton proved mathematically the existence of three-dimensional isotropic metamaterials with a classical Hall coefficient which is negative with respect to that of all of the metamaterial constituents. Here, we significantly simplify their blueprint towards an architecture composed of only a single constituent material in vacuum/air, which can be seen as a special type of porosity. We show that the sign of the Hall voltage is determined by a separation parameter between adjacent tori. This qualitative behavior is robust even for only a small number of metamaterial unit cells. The combination of simplification and robustness brings experimental verifications of this striking sign-inversion into reach.

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@article{arxiv.1503.06118,
  title  = {Hall-effect sign-inversion in a realizable 3D metamaterial},
  author = {Muamer Kadic and Robert Schittny and Tiemo Bückmann and Christian Kern and Martin Wegener},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.06118},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 figures, 7 pages

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