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We demonstrate a scheme to utilize the stacked fishnet metamaterial for all-angle negative refraction and subwavelength imaging within a wide frequency range starting from zero frequency. The theoretical predictions are verified by the…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-19 Zeyong Wei , Yang Cao , Jin Han , Chao Wu , Yuancheng Fan , Hongqiang Li

We analyze the use of layered superconductors as anisotropic metamaterials. Layered superconductors can have a negative refraction index in a wide frequency range for arbitrary incident angles. Indeed, low-Tc (s-wave) superconductors allow…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-03-19 A. L. Rakhmanov , V. A. Yampol'skii , J. A. Fan , Federico Capasso , Franco Nori

This article presents a Compact Nested Hexagonal Metamaterial Sensor designed for microwave sensing to characterize material permittivity in S and X-band applications. The proposed sensor attained compact dimensions of merely 30 mm x 30 mm…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Md Mujahid Hossain , Saif Hannan

We show that an electromagnetic (EM) wave undergoes negative refraction at the interface between a positive and negative refractive index material. Finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations are used to study the time evolution of an…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Foteinopoulou , E. N. Economou , C. M. Soukoulis

We have developed a low-loss, ultra-small radio frequency $(RF)$ metamaterial operating at $\sim$76 MHz. This miniaturized medium is made up of planar spiral elements with diameter as small as $\sim$$\lambda$/658 ($\lambda$ is the free…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 Cihan Kurter , John Abrahams , Steven M. Anlage

The development of optical metamaterials has resulted in the demonstration of remarkable physical properties, including cloaking, optical magnetism, and negative refraction. The latter has attracted particular interest, mainly because of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Hayk Harutyunyan , Ryan Beams , Lukas Novotny

We report on our experimental work concerning a planar metamaterial exhibiting classical electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Using a structure with two mirrored split-ring resonators as the dark element and a cut wire as the…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-12-14 Lei Zhang , Philippe Tassin , Thomas Koschny , Cihan Kurter , Steven M. Anlage , C. M. Soukoulis

The quest to manipulate light propagation in ways not possible with natural media has driven the development of artificially structured metamaterials. One of the most striking effects is negative refraction, where the light beam deflects…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-14 L. Ruks , K. E. Ballantine , J. Ruostekoski

Future measurements of the millimeter-wavelength sky require a low-loss superconducting microstrip, typically made from niobium and silicon-nitride, coupling the antenna to detectors. We propose a simple device for characterizing these…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 J. Hood , P. Barry , T. Cecil , C. Chang , S. Meyer , J. Li , Z. Pan , E. Shirokoff , A. Tang

This work presents the radiation performance of open-ended circular-waveguide probe antennas that have been miniaturized by the introduction of thin metamaterial liners. The liners introduce an HE$_{11}$ mode well below the natural cutoff…

Optics · Physics 2014-11-19 Justin G. Pollock , Ashwin K. Iyer

Reconfigurable metamaterial-based apertures can play a unique role in both imaging and in beam-forming applications, where current technology relies mostly on the fabrication and integration of large detector or antenna arrays. Here, we…

A novel digital reconfigurable 2_bit metamaterial, equipped with a substrate integrated feeding system, is designed for industrial quality control applications within the terahertz frequency range. The proposed feeding mechanism facilitates…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-11 Eistiak Ahamed , Rasool Keshavarz , Negin Shariati

The physical origins of negative refractive index are derived from a dilute microscopic model, producing a result that is generalized to the dense condensed phase limit. In particular, scattering from a thin sheet of electric and magnetic…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 David W. Ward , Keith A. Nelson , Kevin J. Webb

In this paper, mu-near-zero (MNZ) metamaterials are utilized to achieve an ultrathin absorber with a thickness of only about one percent of the operating wavelength. The metamaterial absorber (MA) is made of double-layered metallic spiral…

Optics · Physics 2012-09-28 Shuomin Zhong , Sailing He

The diffraction of electromagnetic plane waves by a rectangular grating formed by discrete steps in the interface of a homogeneous, isotropic, linear, negative phase--velocity (negative index) material with free space is studied using the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ricardo A. Depine , Akhlesh Lakhtakia , David R. Smith

Our calculation shows that negative refractive index (NRI), which was known to exist only in metamaterials in the past, can be found in Dirac semimetals (DSM). Electrons in DSM have zero effective mass and hence the system carries no…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-12-02 Chih-Yu Chen , Ming-Chien Hsu , C. D. Hu , Yeu Chung Lin

Recently, metamaterials-inspired diffraction gratings (or metagratings) have demonstrated unprecedented efficiency in wavefront manipulation by means of relatively simple structures. Conventional one-dimensional (1D) gratings have a profile…

The authors introduce a general mechanism, based on electrostatic and magnetostatic considerations, for designing three-dimensional isotopic metamaterials that possess an enhanced refractive index over an extremely large frequency range.…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jonghwa Shin , Jung-Tsung Shen , Shanhui Fan

The problem of definition of effective material parameters (permittivity and permeability) for composite layers containing only one-two parallel arrays of complex-shaped inclusions is discussed. Such structures are of high importance for…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Elena Saenz , Pekka Ikonen , Ramon Gonzalo , Sergei Tretyakov

Metamaterials-or artificial electromagnetic materials-can create media with properties unattainable in nature, but mitigating dissipation is a key challenge for their further development. Here, we demonstrate a low-loss metamaterial by…

Optics · Physics 2014-06-02 Aditya Jain , Philippe Tassin , Thomas Koschny , Costas M. Soukoulis