93 research outputs found
Applicability of point dipoles approximation to all-dielectric metamaterials
All-dielectric metamaterials consisting of high-dielectric inclusions in a
low-dielectric matrix are considered as a low-loss alternative to resonant
metal-based metamaterials. In this contribution we investigate the
applicability of the point electric and magnetic dipoles approximation to
dielectric meta-atoms on the example of a dielectric ring metamaterial. Despite
the large electrical size of high-dielectric meta-atoms, the dipole
approximation allows for accurate prediction of the metamaterials properties
for the rings with diameters up to ~0.8 of the lattice constant. The results
provide important guidelines for design and optimization of all-dielectric
metamaterials.Comment: 10 pages, 5 fugures, submitted to Physical Review
Homogenization of metasurfaces formed by random resonant particles in periodical lattices
In this paper we suggest a simple analytical method for description of
electromagnetic properties of a geometrically regular two-dimensional
subwavelength arrays (metasurfaces) formed by particles with randomly
fluctuating polarizabilities. Such metasurfaces are of topical importance due
to development of mass-scale bottom-up fabrication methods, for which
fluctuations of the particles sizes, shapes, and/or composition are inevitable.
Understanding and prediction of electromagnetic properties of such random
metasurfaces is a challenge. We propose an analytical homogenization method
applicable for normal wave incidence on particles arrays with dominating
electric dipole responses and validate it with numerical point-dipole modeling
using the supercell approach. We demonstrate that fluctuations of particles
polarizabilities lead to increased diffuse scattering despite the subwavelength
lattice constant of the array. The proposed method can be readily extended to
oblique incidence and particles with both electric and magnetic dipole
resonances.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Bloch-mode analysis for retrieving effective parameters of metamaterials
We introduce a new approach for retrieving effective parameters of
metamaterials based on the Bloch-mode analysis of quasi-periodic composite
structures. We demonstrate that, in the case of single-mode propagation, a
complex effective refractive index can be assigned to the structure, being
restored by our method with a high accuracy. We employ both surface and volume
averaging of the electromagnetic fields of the dominating (fundamental) Bloch
modes to determine the Bloch and wave impedances, respectively. We discuss how
this method works for several characteristic examples, and demonstrate that
this approach can be useful for retrieval of both material and wave effective
parameters of a broad range of metamaterials.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figure
Nested structures approach in designing an isotropic negative-index material for infrared
We propose a new generic approach for designing isotropic metamaterial with nested cubic structures. As an example, a three-dimensional isotropic unit cell design "Split Cube in Cage" (SCiC) is shown to exhibit an effective negative refractive index on infrared wavelengths. We report on the refractive index reaching -2.3 and the figure of merit as high as 2.7. The structure exhibits potential for application as a building block of isotropic negative-index materials
High symmetry versus optical isotropy of a negative-index metamaterial
Optically isotropic metamaterials (MMs) are required for the implementation
of subwavelength imaging systems. At first glance one would expect that their
design should be based on unit cells exhibiting a cubic symmetry being the
highest crystal symmetry. It is anticipated that this is a sufficient condition
since it is usually assumed that light does not resolve the spatial details of
MM but experiences the properties of an effective medium, which is then
optically isotropic. In this work we challenge this assumption by analyzing the
isofrequency surfaces of the dispersion relation of the split-cube in carcass
(SCiC) negative index MM. We show that this MM is basically optically
isotropic, but not in the spectral domain where it exhibits negative
refraction. The primary goal of this contribution is to introduce a tool that
allows to probe a MM against optical isotropy
The split cube in a cage: Bulk negative-index material for infrared applications
Abstract We propose the split cube in a cage (SCiC) design for application in producing a bulk metamaterial. Applying realistic material data for thin silver films, we observe an immediate convergence of the effective parameters obtained with a number of layers towards the bulk properties. Results are obtained by two different numerical techniques: the Fourier modal method and the finite integrals method, thus ensuring their validity. The SCiC exhibits a refractive index of −0.6 for frequencies close to the telecommunication bands. The fast convergence of effective parameters allows consideration of the SCiC as a bulk (effectively homogeneous) negative-index metamaterial even for a single layer. The bulk-like nature together with the cubic symmetry of the unit cell make the SCiC a promising candidate for potential applications at telecommunication frequencies
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