By using interference lithography and electron-beam evaporation and lift-off, we fabricate a series of pairs of elliptical metal-dielectric-metal plates with varying lengths of major and minor axis. Transmission measurements reveal that the magnetic response of the structures show linear shift with both the axis length of the elliptical plates and polarization direction of the incident light in a region of from 1.26 $\mu m$ to 2.10 $\mu m$ . Our structures offer opportunities for oversimply constructing bulk photonic metamaterials for various applications.

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Appl. Phys. Lett.

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J. Mod. Opt.

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J. Phys. D Appl. Phys.

• V. D. Lam, N. T. Tung, M. H. Cho, J. W. Park, W. H. Jang, and Y. P. Lee, “Effect of the dielectric layer thickness on the electromagnetic response of cut-wire-pair and combined structures,” J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 42(11), 115404 (2009). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

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Opt. Lett.

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Phys. Rev. B

• P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972). [CrossRef]
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Phys. Rev. Lett.

• D. R. Smith, W. J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz, “Composite medium with simultaneously negative permeability and permittivity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84(18), 4184–4187 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Science

• J. B. Pendry, D. Schurig, and D. R. Smith, “Controlling electromagnetic fields,” Science 312(5781), 1780–1782 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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• R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction,” Science 292(5514), 77–79 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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