READ ME File For 'Dataset for Pico- and Nanophotonics of Reconfigurable Metamaterials'

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BASIC INFORMATION
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Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2090

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ReadMe Author: Jinxiang Li, University of Southampton 

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ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2792-7773

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This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Pico- and Nanophotonics of Reconfigurable Metamaterials'
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton

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DATE OF AWARD: [30-June-2022]


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DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
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This dataset contains:

6 MS-Excel files relevant to the simulated and measured data of 6 chapters in this thesis. Specifically:
Chap2-Methods.xlsx                     -->  Chapter2
Chap3-ThermalDetection.xlsx      -->  Chapter3
Chap4-ThermalTunning.xlsx         -->  Chapter4
Chap5-AsymmetricTransmission  -->  Chapter5
Chap6-OpticalMagnetism             -->  Chapter6
Appendix                                       --> Chapter Appendix A-G

NB: to view the data, one need install MS Excel. And the figures based on this dataset could be reproduced by using any script language or GUI software, such as Matlab, Python and OriginLab.


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Date of data collection: [2018-2021]

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Information about geographic location of data collection: 
B53,University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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Related projects/Funders:

1. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK (Grant No. EP/M009122/1 and EP/T02643X/1)
the Engineering and Physical
2. China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201708440254)
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Related publication:
1. J. Li, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev, Asymmetric response of nano-optomechnical photonic metamaterial(2022)[In preparation]
2. J. Li, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev, Optical Control of Nanomechanical Eigenfrequencies and Brownian Motion in Metamaterials, Nano Letters, 22(11),4301-4306(2022)
3. J. Li, D. Papas, T. Liu, J. Ou, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev, Thermal fluctuations of the optical properties of nanomechanical photonic metamaterials, Advanced Optical Materials, 2101591(2021)
4. J. Li, N. Papasimakis, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev, Optical magnetic response without metamaterials, APL Photonics 6 (7), 071303 (2021)


Date that the file was created: Jan. 2022