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Graded index microstructured polymer optical fiber incorporating a specially designed air-hole array featuring variable air-hole diameters and inter-hole separation is proposed, fabricated and characterized in view of the fiber potential…

Optics · Physics 2014-09-24 Tian Ma , Andrey Markov , Lili Wang , Maksim Skorobogatiy

We proposed multilayered graphene (Gr)-based surface plasmon resonance-induced high-performance terahertz (THz) modulators with tunable resonance frequencies. Several THz plasmonic modulators based on Gr metamaterials were previously…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-17 Dip Sarker , Partha Pratim Nakti , Ahmed Zubair

The miniaturisation of optical systems is an ongoing challenge across the electromagnetic spectrum. While the thickness of optical elements themselves can be reduced using advances in metamaterials, it is the voids between these elements --…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-09-19 Michal Mrnka , Thomas Whittaker , David B. Phillips , Euan Hendry , Will Whittow

Similar to their optic counterparts, acoustic components are anticipated to flexibly tailor the propagation of sound. However, the practical applications, e.g. for audible sound with large wavelengths, are frequently hampered by the issue…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-06-16 Kun Tang , Chunyin Qiu , Manzhu Ke , Jiuyang Lu , Yangtao Ye , Zhengyou Liu

Motivated by flat lensing effects, now commonplace utilising negative refraction with finite slabs, we create negative refraction upon a graded line-array. We do so in the setting of flexural waves on a structured Kirchhoff--Love elastic…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-07-03 Gregory J. Chaplain , Richard V. Craster

Emerging technology based on artificial materials containing metallic structures has raised the prospect for unprecedented control of terahertz waves through components like filters, absorbers and polarizers. The functionality of these…

Controlling stray light at millimeter wavelengths requires special optical design and selection of absorptive materials that should be compatible with cryogenic operating environments. While a wide selection of absorptive materials exists,…

We present quasi-analytical solutions (QANS) of hybrid platform (HP) comprising metallic grating (MG) and stacked-dielectric layers for terahertz (THz) radiation. The QANS are validated by finite difference time domain simulation. It is…

We present an apparatus for terahertz fingerprint discrimination of materials designed to be fast, simple, compact and economical in order to be suitable for preliminary on-field analysis. The system working principles, bioinspired by the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-12-05 P. Carelli , F. Chiarello , G. Torrioli , M. G. Castellano

Graphene is a two-dimensional layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, whose outstanding properties makes it an excellent material for future electronic and photonic terahertz (THz) devices. In this work, we design hybrid…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-29 Tianjing Guo , Christos Argyropoulos

The fabrication of terahertz (THz) optics with arbitrary shapes via poly-methacrylate-based stereolithography is very attractive as it may offer a rapid, low-cost avenue towards optimized THz imaging applications. In order to design such…

We suggest a new class of hyperbolic metamaterials for THz frequencies based on multilayer graphene structures. We calculate the dielectric permittivity tensor of the effective nonlocal medium with a periodic stack of graphene layers and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-29 Ivan Iorsh , Ivan Mukhin , Ilya Shadrivov , Pavel Belov , Yuri Kivshar

Large imaging arrays of detectors at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths have applications that include measurements of the faint polarization signal in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), and submillimeter astrophysics. We are…

Graded-index optical elements are capable of shaping light precisely and in very specific ways. While classical freeform optics uses only a two-dimensional domain such as the surface of a lens, recent technological advances in laser…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-06 Nicolas Barré , Alexander Jesacher

The angular response of thin diffractive optical elements is highly correlated. For example, the angles of incidence and diffraction of a grating are locked through the grating momentum determined by the grating period. Other diffractive…

We report an inhomogeneous acoustic metamaterial lens based on spatial variation of refractive index for broadband focusing of underwater sound. The index gradient follows a modified hyperbolic secant profile designed to reduce aberration…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-05-30 Xiaoshi Su , Andrew N. Norris , Colby W. Cushing , Michael R. Haberman , Preston S. Wilson

We present a new class of artificial materials which exhibit a tailored response to the electrical component of electromagnetic radiation. These electric metamaterials (EM-MMs) are investigated theoretically, computationally, and…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 W. J. Padilla , M. T. Aronsson , C. Highstrete , Mark Lee , A. J. Taylor , R. D. Averitt

We report a highly efficient tunable THz reflector in graphene. By applying a small gate voltage (up to 3 V), the reflectance of graphene is modulated from a minimum of 0.79% to a maximum of 33.4% using graphene/ionic liquid structures at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Yang Wu , Xuepeng Qiu , Hongwei Liu , Jingbo Liu , Yuanfu Chen , Lin Ke , Hyunsoo Yang

Metamaterials and plasmonics are powerful tools for unconventional manipulation and harnessing of light. Metamaterials can be engineered to possess intriguing properties lacking in natural materials, such as negative refractive index.…

In this paper, we will introduce THz graphene antennas that strongly enhance the emission rate of quantum systems at specific frequencies. The tunability of these antennas can be used to selectively enhance individual spectral features. We…

Optics · Physics 2013-02-08 R. Filter , M. Farhat , M. Steglich , R. Alaee , C. Rockstuhl , F. Lederer