Metamaterials with conformational nonlinearity
Abstract
Within a decade of fruitful developments, metamaterials became a prominent area of research, bridging theoretical and applied electrodynamics, electrical engineering and material science. Being man-made structures, metamaterials offer a particularly useful playground to develop novel interdisciplinary concepts. Here we demonstrate a novel principle in metamaterial assembly which integrates electromagnetic, mechanical, and thermal responses within their elements. Through these mechanisms, the conformation of the meta-molecules changes, providing a dual mechanism for nonlinearity and offering nonlinear chirality. Our proposal opens a wide road towards further developments of nonlinear metamaterials and photonic structures, adding extra flexibility to their design and control.
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@article{arxiv.1108.5004,
title = {Metamaterials with conformational nonlinearity},
author = {Mikhail Lapine and Ilya V. Shadrivov and David A. Powell and Yuri S. Kivshar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.5004},
year = {2011}
}