Metamorphic materials: bulk electromagnetic transitions realized in electronically reconfigurable composite media
JOSA A, Vol. 23, Issue 11, pp. 2961-2968 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.23.002961
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Abstract
We present what we believe is a new class of composite electromagnetic materials characterized by the concept of metamorphism, which we define in general terms. Metamorphic materials exhibit bulk electromagnetic transitions among states characterized by distinct ranges of values of their reflection coefficient. Each such state has unique physical properties induced by the corresponding values of the reflection coefficient. We present a variety of physical realizations of the concept of metamorphic materials in microwave frequencies, showing with specific metallodielectric designs how transitions among metamorphic states can be obtained at the same frequency, for fixed material geometries, by electronic reconfigurability. We further show how a given material exhibiting certain metamorphic states at a given frequency can transform into a different combination of metamorphic states at different frequencies; i.e., metamorphic materials have a useful dispersive degree of freedom.
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OCIS Codes
(160.1190) Materials : Anisotropic optical materials
(260.1180) Physical optics : Crystal optics
(260.2030) Physical optics : Dispersion
(350.2450) Other areas of optics : Filters, absorption
(350.4010) Other areas of optics : Microwaves
ToC Category:
Materials
History
Original Manuscript: July 22, 2005
Revised Manuscript: April 18, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: May 19, 2006
Citation
Chryssoula A. Kyriazidou, Harry F. Contopanagos, and Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos, "Metamorphic materials: bulk electromagnetic transitions realized in electronically reconfigurable composite media," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 23, 2961-2968 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-23-11-2961
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