Planar metamaterial with transmission and reflection that depend on the direction of incidence
Optics
2009-03-31 v1
Abstract
We report that normal incidence reflection and transmission of circularly polarized electromagnetic waves from and through planar split-ring metamaterials with chiral symmetry breaking depends on the incidence direction and handedness of circular polarization. The effect has a resonant nature and is linked to the lack of mirror-symmetry in the metamaterial pattern leading to a polarization-sensitive excitation of electric and magnetic dipolar responses in the meta-molecules.
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@article{arxiv.0812.0696,
title = {Planar metamaterial with transmission and reflection that depend on the direction of incidence},
author = {E. Plum and V. A. Fedotov and N. I. Zheludev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.0696},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures