Open AccessLeft-handed extraordinary optical transmission through a photonic crystal of subwavelength hole arrays
Author(s) -
Miguel Beruete,
M. Sorolla,
I. Campillo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.005445
Subject(s) - metamaterial , photonic crystal , negative refraction , photonic metamaterial , optics , photonics , extraordinary optical transmission , optoelectronics , wavelength , materials science , transmission (telecommunications) , yablonovite , photonic integrated circuit , physics , plasmon , telecommunications , surface plasmon polariton , surface plasmon , computer science
Metamaterial structures are artificial materials that show unconventional electromagnetic properties such as photonic band-gap, extraordinary optical transmission and left-handed propagation. Up to now, relations of photonic crystals and negative refraction have been shown as well as of photonic crystals and sub-wavelength hole arrays. Here we report a left-handed metamaterial engineered by a combination of sub-wavelength hole array plates periodically stacked to form a photonic crystal structure. It is shown the possibility of fine-tuning the metamaterial in order to permit extraordinary optical transmission and left-handed behaviour. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of engineering left-handed metamaterials by just drilling holes in metallic plates and brings together single structure photonic crystals, extraordinary optical transmission and left-handed behaviour.