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We investigate a class of multilayered metamaterials characterized by moderate-index inclusions and low average permittivity. Via first-principle calculations, we show that in such scenario first- and second-order spatial dispersion effects…

Optics · Physics 2017-08-30 Carlo Rizza , Vincenzo Galdi , Alessandro Ciattoni

The magnetoresistance (MR) of a material is typically insensitive to reversing the applied field direction and varies quadratically with magnetic field in the low-field limit. Quantum effects [1], unusual topological band structures [2],…

We study numerically the propagation of two-color light pulses through a metamaterial doped with active atoms such that the carrier frequencies of the pulses are in resonance with two atomic transitions in the $\Lambda$ configuration and…

We derive an approach to define the causal direction of the wavevector of modes in optical metamaterials, which in turn, determines signs of refractive index and impedance as a function of {\it real and imaginary} parts of dielectric…

In this paper, we study the interactions of electromagnetic waves with a non-dispersive dynamic medium that is temporally dependent. Electromagnetic fields under material time-modulation conserve their momentum but not their energy. We…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-19 Theodoros T. Koutserimpas , Romain Fleury

The extraordinary properties of nonlinear optical propagation processes in double-domain positive/negative index metamaterials are reviewed. These processes include second harmonic generation, three- and four-wave frequency mixing, and…

Optics · Physics 2012-04-02 Alexander K. Popov , Vladimir M. Shalaev

In this Letter, we propose a new type of lossless metamaterial whose effective permittivity is tunable from negative to positive values. Its optical response is studied analytically and numerically. We further demonstrate that this tunable…

Optics · Physics 2010-05-07 Yong Zeng , Qi Wu , Douglas H. Werner

An analytical theory is developed for parametric interactions in metamaterial multilayer structures with simultaneous nonlinear electronic and magnetic responses and with near-zero refractive-index. We demonstrate theoretically that…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-04-01 Simin Feng , Klaus Halterman

Electromagnetic waves propagating, at finite speeds, in conventional wave-guiding structures are reflected by discontinuities and decay in lossy regions. In this Letter, we drastically modify this typical guided-wave behavior by combining…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-12 S. Ali Hassani Gangaraj , Francesco Monticone

We consider some nonlinear phenomena in metamaterials with negative refractive index properties. Our consideration includes a survey of previously known results as well as identification of the phenomena that are important for applications…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrei I. Maimistov , Ildar R. Gabitov

We analyze the magneto-optical conductivity (and related magnitudes like transmittance and Faraday rotation of the irradiated polarized light) of some elemental two-dimensional Dirac materials of group IV (graphene analogues, buckled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 M. Calixto , A. Mayorgas , N. A. Cordero , E. Romera , O. Castaños

Recent experiments on temporal reflection in transmission line metamaterials and theoretical treatments of dispersive time-varying media have unearthed the fundamental role of modulation mechanisms on the interface conditions, underpinning…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-27 Suat Barış İplikçioğlu

An effective medium model is developed for disordered metamaterials containing a spatially random distribution of dielectric spheres. Similar to effective medium models for ordered metamaterials, this model predicts resonances in the…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-09 Brian A Slovick

We focus on the transmission and reflection coefficients of light in systems involving of topological insulators (TI). Due to the electro-magnetic coupling in TIs, new mixing coefficients emerge leading to new components of the…

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We examine some of the optical properties of a metamaterial consisting of thin layers of alternating metal and dielectric. We can model this material as a homogeneous effective medium with anisotropic dielectric permittivity. When the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. Wood , J. B. Pendry , D. P. Tsai

We discuss optical constants in artificial metamaterials showing negative magnetic permeability and electric permittivity. Using effective field theory, we calculate effective permeability of nanofabricated media composed of pairs of…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. N. Grigorenko

We study the dispersion of electromagnetic waves in a spatially dispersive metamaterial with Lorentz-like dependence of principal permittivity tensor components on the respective components of the wave vector performing the analysis of…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-30 Denis Sakhno , Eugene Koreshin , Pavel A. Belov

It is found that the electric field can be enhanced strongly inside a permittivity-near-zero object in free space, when the transverse cross section of the object is small and the length along the propagation direction of the incident wave…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-19 Yi Jin , Pu Zhang , Sailing He

In this report, we achieved total transmission and reflection in a slab of zero index materials with defect(s). By controlling the defect's radius and dielectric constant, we can obtain total transmission and reflection of EM wave. The zero…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-08-19 Viet Cuong Nguyen , Lang Chen

In this paper, metallic behavior of magneto optic materials in slit arrays under the incident of TM wave is analyzed by mode matching technique and confirmed by full wave simulations. It is shown that tensor electric permittivity of such…

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