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Advanced Optical Metamaterials
Author(s) -
Paul Thomas,
Menzel Christoph,
Rockstuhl Carsten,
Lederer Falk
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200903865
Subject(s) - metamaterial , isotropy , materials science , computer science , transformation optics , optical materials , class (philosophy) , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , optics , optoelectronics , engineering physics , nanotechnology , physics , artificial intelligence , quantum mechanics
A new class of bulk metamaterials is proposed, which are assembled of functional layers with differing layout properties, as shown in the figure. These enhanced degrees of freedom allow to design metamaterials, which perform optically in a predefined manner. We apply this approach to design isotropic metamaterials and metamaterials in which light propagates free of diffraction.