Reconfigurable metamaterials controlled by Lorentz, Ampere and Coulomb forces: towards GHz bandwidth
Reconfigurable metamaterials controlled by Lorentz, Ampere and Coulomb forces: towards GHz bandwidth
Dynamic control over metamaterial optical properties is the basis for the use of metamaterials as active elements from switches and modulators to tunable filters and programmable transformation optics devices.
Here we demonstrate that reconfigurable photonic metamaterials provide a flexible platform for dynamic and rapid control of metamaterial optical properties. The properties of virtually any metamaterial structure strongly depend on the spatial arrangement of its components. By manufacturing plasmonic metamaterials on a grid of elastic dielectric bridges of nanoscale thickness, we are able to dynamically rearrange sub-micron sized plasmonic building blocks across the entire metamaterial array. We demonstrate that this approach allows tuning, modulation and switching of photonic metamaterials via electric and magnetic control signals.
Valente, J.P.
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Plum, E.
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Ou, J-Y.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Valente, J.P.
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Plum, E.
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Ou, J-Y.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Valente, J.P., Plum, E., Ou, J-Y. and Zheludev, N.I.
(2013)
Reconfigurable metamaterials controlled by Lorentz, Ampere and Coulomb forces: towards GHz bandwidth.
2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC) and International Quantum Electronics Conference, , Munich, Germany.
12 - 16 May 2013.
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Dynamic control over metamaterial optical properties is the basis for the use of metamaterials as active elements from switches and modulators to tunable filters and programmable transformation optics devices.
Here we demonstrate that reconfigurable photonic metamaterials provide a flexible platform for dynamic and rapid control of metamaterial optical properties. The properties of virtually any metamaterial structure strongly depend on the spatial arrangement of its components. By manufacturing plasmonic metamaterials on a grid of elastic dielectric bridges of nanoscale thickness, we are able to dynamically rearrange sub-micron sized plasmonic building blocks across the entire metamaterial array. We demonstrate that this approach allows tuning, modulation and switching of photonic metamaterials via electric and magnetic control signals.
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2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC) and International Quantum Electronics Conference, , Munich, Germany, 2013-05-12 - 2013-05-16
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