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Reconfiguring photonic metamaterials with currents and magnetic fields

Reconfiguring photonic metamaterials with currents and magnetic fields
Reconfiguring photonic metamaterials with currents and magnetic fields
We demonstrate that spatial arrangement and optical properties of metamaterial nanostructures can be controlled dynamically using currents and magnetic fields. Mechanical deformation of metamaterial arrays is driven by both resistive heating of bimorph nanostructures and the Lorentz force that acts on charges moving in a magnetic field. With electrically controlled transmission changes of up to 50% at sub-mW power levels, our approaches offer high contrast solutions for dynamic control of metamaterial functionalities in optoelectronic devices.
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Valente, João
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Ou, Jun-Yu
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Plum, Eric
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Youngs, Ian J.
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Zheludev, Nikolay I.
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Valente, João
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Ou, Jun-Yu
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Plum, Eric
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Youngs, Ian J.
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Zheludev, Nikolay I.
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Valente, João, Ou, Jun-Yu, Plum, Eric, Youngs, Ian J. and Zheludev, Nikolay I. (2015) Reconfiguring photonic metamaterials with currents and magnetic fields. Applied Physics Letters, 106 (11), 111905. (doi:10.1063/1.4913609).

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We demonstrate that spatial arrangement and optical properties of metamaterial nanostructures can be controlled dynamically using currents and magnetic fields. Mechanical deformation of metamaterial arrays is driven by both resistive heating of bimorph nanostructures and the Lorentz force that acts on charges moving in a magnetic field. With electrically controlled transmission changes of up to 50% at sub-mW power levels, our approaches offer high contrast solutions for dynamic control of metamaterial functionalities in optoelectronic devices.

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 February 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 March 2015
Published date: 2015
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 375359
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/375359
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: 3b18068f-3843-48a6-92ff-2fe58b397380
ORCID for Jun-Yu Ou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8028-6130
ORCID for Eric Plum: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1552-1840
ORCID for Nikolay I. Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636

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Date deposited: 20 Mar 2015 14:47
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:39

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Author: João Valente
Author: Jun-Yu Ou ORCID iD
Author: Eric Plum ORCID iD
Author: Ian J. Youngs

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