We introduce the concept of magnetoelastic metamaterials with electromagnetic properties depending on elastic deformation. We predict a strong nonlinear and bistable response of such metamaterials caused by their structural reshaping in response to the applied electromagnetic field. In addition, we demonstrate experimentally the feasibility of the predicted effect.
@article{arxiv.1106.0798,
title = {Magnetoelastic nonlinear metamaterials},
author = {Mikhail Lapine and Ilya V. Shadrivov and David A. Powell and Yuri S. Kivshar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.0798},
year = {2011}
}