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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 7 — Mar. 26, 2012
  • pp: 6952–6960

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Inducing transparency with large magnetic response and group indices by hybrid dielectric metamaterials

Cheng-Kuang Chen, Yueh-Chun Lai, Yu-Hang Yang, Chia-Yun Chen, and Ta-Jen Yen  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 7, pp. 6952-6960 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.006952


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Abstract

We present metamaterial-induced transparency (MIT) phenomena with enhanced magnetic fields in hybrid dielectric metamaterials. Using two hybrid structures of identical-dielectric-constant resonators (IDRs) and distinct-dielectric-constant resonators (DDRs), we demonstrate a larger group index (ng~354), better bandwidth-delay product (BDP~0.9) than metallic-type metamaterials. The keys to enable these properties are to excite either the trapped mode or the suppressed mode resonances, which can be managed by controlling the contrast of dielectric constants between the dielectric resonators in the hybrid metamaterials.

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OCIS Codes
(260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
(260.5740) Physical optics : Resonance
(160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

ToC Category:
Metamaterials

History
Original Manuscript: November 22, 2011
Revised Manuscript: February 9, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: March 1, 2012
Published: March 12, 2012

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Cheng-Kuang Chen, Yueh-Chun Lai, Yu-Hang Yang, Chia-Yun Chen, and Ta-Jen Yen, "Inducing transparency with large magnetic response and group indices by hybrid dielectric metamaterials," Opt. Express 20, 6952-6960 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-7-6952


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