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  • Editor: Michael Duncan
  • Vol. 14, Iss. 19 — Sep. 18, 2006
  • pp: 8685–8693

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Experimental observation of left-handed transmission in a bilayer metamaterial under normal-to-plane propagation

Kaan Guven, M. Deniz Caliskan, and Ekmel Ozbay  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 19, pp. 8685-8693 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.008685


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Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally the double-negative (ε < 0, µ < 0) transmission band of a one-dimensional metamaterial structure under normal-to-plane propagation in the microwave regime. The structure consists of stacked bilayers of metal cutwire and wire pairs, which are separated by a thin dielectric layer. The existence of the negative index of refraction is inferred from the transmission and phase spectra obtained by using multilayer metamaterial samples. Another metamaterial structure incorporating non-magnetic (electrically shorted) cutwire pairs does not exhibit the corresponding transmission band, which supports the true left-handed behavior of the metamaterial.

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OCIS Codes
(160.4670) Materials : Optical materials
(260.5740) Physical optics : Resonance

ToC Category:
Metamaterials

History
Original Manuscript: July 10, 2006
Revised Manuscript: September 11, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: September 11, 2006
Published: September 18, 2006

Citation
Kaan Guven, M. Deniz Caliskan, and Ekmel Ozbay, "Experimental observation of left-handed transmission in a bilayer metamaterial under normal-to-plane propagation," Opt. Express 14, 8685-8693 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-19-8685


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