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Metamaterial tuning by manipulation of near-field interaction

Optics 2010-10-21 v3

Abstract

We analyze the near-field interaction between the resonant sub-wavelength elements of a metamaterial, and present a method to calculate the electric and magnetic interaction coefficients. We show that by adjusting the relative configuration of the neighboring split ring resonators it becomes possible to manipulate this near-field interaction, and thus tune the response of metamaterials. We use the results of this analysis to explain the experimentally observed tuning of microwave metamaterials.

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@article{arxiv.0912.1152,
  title  = {Metamaterial tuning by manipulation of near-field interaction},
  author = {David A. Powell and Mikhail Lapine and Maxim Gorkunov and Ilya V. Shadrivov and Yuri S. Kivshar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.1152},
  year   = {2010}
}