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Phase Conjugation and Negative Refraction Using Nonlinear Active Metamaterials

Optics 2010-09-20 v1

Abstract

We present experimental demonstration of phase conjugation using nonlinear metamaterial elements. Active split-ring resonators loaded with varactor diodes are demonstrated theoretically to act as phase-conjugating or time-reversing discrete elements when parametrically pumped and illuminated with appropriate frequencies. The metamaterial elements were fabricated and shown experimentally to produce a time reversed signal. Measurements confirm that a discrete array of phase-conjugating elements act as a negatively-refracting time reversal RF lens only 0.12λ\lambda thick.

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@article{arxiv.1008.1999,
  title  = {Phase Conjugation and Negative Refraction Using Nonlinear Active Metamaterials},
  author = {Alexander R. Katko and Shi Gu and John P. Barrett and Bogdan-Ioan Popa and Gennady Shvets and Steven A. Cummer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1999},
  year   = {2010}
}
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