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Twisted split-ring-resonator photonic metamaterial with huge optical activity

Optics 2015-05-18 v1

Abstract

Coupled split-ring-resonator metamaterials have previously been shown to exhibit large coupling effects, which are a prerequisite for obtaining large effective optical activity. By a suitable lateral arrangement of these building blocks, we completely eliminate linear birefringence and obtain pure optical activity and connected circular optical dichroism. Experiments at around 100-THz frequency and corresponding modeling are in good agreement. Rotation angles of about 30 degrees for 205nm sample thickness are derived.

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@article{arxiv.1001.4339,
  title  = {Twisted split-ring-resonator photonic metamaterial with huge optical activity},
  author = {M. Decker and R. Zhao and C. M. Soukoulis and S. Linden and M. Wegener},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.4339},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures

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