Sharp dark-mode resonances in planar metamaterials with broken structural symmetry
Optics
2010-09-14 v1
Abstract
We report that resonant response with a very high quality factor can be achieved in a planar metamaterial by introducing symmetry breaking in the shape of its structural elements, which enables excitation of dark modes, i.e. modes that are weakly coupled to free space.
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@article{arxiv.0704.1577,
title = {Sharp dark-mode resonances in planar metamaterials with broken structural symmetry},
author = {V. A. Fedotov and M. Rose and S. L. Prosvirnin and N. Papasimakis and N. I. Zheludev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1577},
year = {2010}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures