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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 12 — Jun. 9, 2008
  • pp: 9173–9180

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Negative index short-slab pair and continuous wires metamaterials in the far infrared regime

T. F. Gundogdu, N. Katsarakis, M. Kafesaki, R. S. Penciu, G. Konstantinidis, A. Kostopoulos, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 12, pp. 9173-9180 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.009173


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Abstract

Using transmission and reflection measurements under normal incidence in one and three layers of a µm-scale metamaterial consisting of pairs of short-slabs and continuous wires, fabricated by a photolithography procedure, we demonstrate the occurrence of a negative refractive index regime in the far infrared range, ~2.4–3 THz. The negative index behavior in that system at ~2.4–3 THz is further confirmed by associated simulations, which are in qualitative agreement with the experimental results.

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OCIS Codes
(220.4000) Optical design and fabrication : Microstructure fabrication
(260.3090) Physical optics : Infrared, far
(260.5740) Physical optics : Resonance
(160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

ToC Category:
Metamaterials

History
Original Manuscript: February 13, 2008
Revised Manuscript: April 22, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: April 23, 2008
Published: June 6, 2008

Citation
T. F. Gundogdu, N. Katsarakis, M. Kafesaki, R. S. Penciu, G. Konstantinidis, A. Kostopoulos, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis, "Negative index short-slab pair and continuous wires metamaterials in the far infrared regime," Opt. Express 16, 9173-9180 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-12-9173


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