Co-sputtered SiC + Ag nanomixtures as visible wavelength negative index metamaterials
Author(s) -
George Nehmetallah,
Rola Aylo,
Peter Powers,
Andrew Sarangan,
Jian Gao,
H. Li,
Amritroop Achari,
Partha P. Banerjee
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.007095
Subject(s) - metamaterial , materials science , optics , refractive index , visible spectrum , wavelength , fabrication , substrate (aquarium) , optoelectronics , interferometry , phase (matter) , physics , medicine , oceanography , alternative medicine , pathology , geology , quantum mechanics
The fabrication and characterization of a novel metamaterial that shows negative index in the visible (blue) is reported. The real part of the negative index of this metamaterial at 405 nm, comprising co-sputtered SiC + Ag nanoparticle mixture on a glass substrate, is deduced from results of double Michelson interferometry setup which shows a negative phase delay. It is numerically verified that this metamaterial can yield near-field super-resolution imaging for both TE and TM polarizations.
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