Nanomechanical photonic metamaterials
Nanomechanical photonic metamaterials
The optical properties of materials are determined by the spatial arrangement of their building blocks and nanomechanical metamaterials can be actuated by temperature changes, electric and magnetic fields, light and ultrasound. This provides an opportunity for sensing and light modulation based on engineered giant thermo-optical, electro-optical, magneto-optical, nonlinear optical, acousto-optical effects. We will give an overview, focusing on recent breakthroughs such as the optical detection of thermal motion in nanomechanical metamaterials, magnetic field sensing based on metamaterial nanomechanics, electrogyration a million times stronger than in natural materials, the realization of an optically bistable device and the demonstration of asymmetric transmission at microwatt power levels.
metamaterials, nanomechanics
Plum, Eric
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Papas, Dimitrios
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Li, Jinxiang
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Liu, Tongjun
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Ou, Jun-Yu
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Zhang, Qiang
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Lan, Guoqiang
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MacDonald, Kevin F.
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Zheludev, Nikolai
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9 July 2021
Plum, Eric
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Papas, Dimitrios
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Li, Jinxiang
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Liu, Tongjun
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Ou, Jun-Yu
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Zhang, Qiang
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Lan, Guoqiang
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MacDonald, Kevin F.
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Zheludev, Nikolai
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Plum, Eric, Papas, Dimitrios, Li, Jinxiang, Liu, Tongjun, Ou, Jun-Yu, Zhang, Qiang, Lan, Guoqiang, MacDonald, Kevin F. and Zheludev, Nikolai
(2021)
Nanomechanical photonic metamaterials.
Metamaterials for Humanity 2021, Virtual conference, Singapore, Singapore.
06 - 09 Jul 2021.
(doi:10.48448/f3et-d765).
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Abstract
The optical properties of materials are determined by the spatial arrangement of their building blocks and nanomechanical metamaterials can be actuated by temperature changes, electric and magnetic fields, light and ultrasound. This provides an opportunity for sensing and light modulation based on engineered giant thermo-optical, electro-optical, magneto-optical, nonlinear optical, acousto-optical effects. We will give an overview, focusing on recent breakthroughs such as the optical detection of thermal motion in nanomechanical metamaterials, magnetic field sensing based on metamaterial nanomechanics, electrogyration a million times stronger than in natural materials, the realization of an optically bistable device and the demonstration of asymmetric transmission at microwatt power levels.
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Published date: 9 July 2021
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Metamaterials for Humanity 2021, Virtual conference, Singapore, Singapore, 2021-07-06 - 2021-07-09
Keywords:
metamaterials, nanomechanics
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/449418
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