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Left-handed Band in an Electromagnetic Metamaterial Inducedby Sub-wavelength Multiple Scattering

Applied Physics 2019-03-20 v1 Classical Physics

Abstract

Due to the deep sub-wavelength unit cell in metamaterials, the quasi-static approximation is usually employed to describe the propagation. By making pairs of resonators, we highlight that multiple scattering also occurs at this scale and results in the existence of a dipolar resonance, which leads to a negative index of refraction when we consider several resonators. We experimentally verify the possibility of obtaining a negative index of refraction in periodic metamaterials in two different ways, and eventually demonstrates a superlensing effect in both cases.

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@article{arxiv.1809.10558,
  title  = {Left-handed Band in an Electromagnetic Metamaterial Inducedby Sub-wavelength Multiple Scattering},
  author = {Simon Yves and Thomas Berthelot and Mathias Fink and Geoffroy Lerosey and Fabrice Lemoult},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.10558},
  year   = {2019}
}