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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 13 — Jun. 18, 2012
  • pp: 14663–14682

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Self-organization approach for THz polaritonic metamaterials

A. Reyes-Coronado, M. F. Acosta, R. I. Merino, V. M. Orera, G. Kenanakis, N. Katsarakis, M. Kafesaki, Ch. Mavidis, J. García de Abajo, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 13, pp. 14663-14682 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.014663


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Abstract

In this paper we discuss the fabrication and the electromagnetic (EM) characterization of anisotropic eutectic metamaterials, consisting of cylindrical polaritonic LiF rods embedded in either KCl or NaCl polaritonic host. The fabrication was performed using the eutectics directional solidification self-organization approach. For the EM characterization the specular reflectance at far infrared, between 3 THz and 11 THz, was measured and also calculated by numerically solving Maxwell equations, obtaining good agreement between experimental and calculated spectra. Applying an effective medium approach to describe the response of our samples, we predicted a range of frequencies in which most of our systems behave as homogeneous anisotropic media with a hyperbolic dispersion relation, opening thus possibilities for using them in negative refractive index and imaging applications at THz range.

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OCIS Codes
(160.1190) Materials : Anisotropic optical materials
(160.4670) Materials : Optical materials
(160.4760) Materials : Optical properties
(220.4000) Optical design and fabrication : Microstructure fabrication
(160.1245) Materials : Artificially engineered materials
(160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

ToC Category:
Metamaterials

History
Original Manuscript: January 12, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 19, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: April 23, 2012
Published: June 15, 2012

Citation
A. Reyes-Coronado, M. F. Acosta, R. I. Merino, V. M. Orera, G. Kenanakis, N. Katsarakis, M. Kafesaki, Ch. Mavidis, J. García de Abajo, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis, "Self-organization approach for THz polaritonic metamaterials," Opt. Express 20, 14663-14682 (2012)
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