Physical Review: Metamaterials http://publish.aps.org/ Metamaterials articles published in Physical Review Journals hourly 1 2012-02-09T21:06:12-05:00 rss@aps.org assocpub@aps.org 2012-02-09T21:06:12-05:00 en Copyright © 2012 the American Physical Society. Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Copyright © 2012 the American Physical Society assocpub@aps.org Variable group delay in a metamaterial with field-gradient-induced transparency http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.073102 Author(s): Yasuhiro Tamayama, Toshihiro Nakanishi, and Masao Kitano<br/><p>We realize variable control of the group delay in an electromagnetically induced transparency-like metamaterial. Its unit cell is designed to have a bright mode and a dark mode. The coupling strength between these two modes is determined by the electromagnetic field gradient. In this metamaterial wi...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 073102] Published Fri Feb 03, 2012 Author(s): Yasuhiro Tamayama, Toshihiro Nakanishi, and Masao Kitano

We realize variable control of the group delay in an electromagnetically induced transparency-like metamaterial. Its unit cell is designed to have a bright mode and a dark mode. The coupling strength between these two modes is determined by the electromagnetic field gradient. In this metamaterial wi...

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 073102] Published Fri Feb 03, 2012

]]> Variable group delay in a metamaterial with field-gradient-induced transparency Yasuhiro Tamayama, Toshihiro Nakanishi, and Masao Kitano 2012-02-03T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.073102 Phys. Rev. B 85, 073102 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 7 2012-02-03T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.073102 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.073102 073102 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Broadband cloaking of bending waves via homogenization of multiply perforated radially symmetric and isotropic thin elastic plates http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.020301 Author(s): Mohamed Farhat, Sebastien Guenneau, and Stefan Enoch<br/><p>A cylindrical cloak is designed to control the bending waves propagating in isotropic thin plates. This is achieved through homogenization of a multiply perforated coating of isotropic homogeneous elastic material, which greatly simplifies the design of the multilayered cloak we proposed [ <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.024301"> Phys. Re...</a></p><br/><img src="http://publish.aps.org/images/icons/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/> <br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 020301] Published Mon Jan 30, 2012 Author(s): Mohamed Farhat, Sebastien Guenneau, and Stefan Enoch

Rapid Communication A cylindrical cloak is designed to control the bending waves propagating in isotropic thin plates. This is achieved through homogenization of a multiply perforated coating of isotropic homogeneous elastic material, which greatly simplifies the design of the multilayered cloak we proposed [ Phys. Re...

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 020301] Published Mon Jan 30, 2012

]]> Broadband cloaking of bending waves via homogenization of multiply perforated radially symmetric and isotropic thin elastic plates Mohamed Farhat, Sebastien Guenneau, and Stefan Enoch 2012-01-30T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.020301 Phys. Rev. B 85, 020301 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 2 2012-01-30T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.020301 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.020301 020301 Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects Boosting optical nonlinearities in ε-near-zero plasmonic channels http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045129 Author(s): Christos Argyropoulos, Pai-Yen Chen, Giuseppe D’Aguanno, Nader Engheta, and Andrea Alù<br/><p>The anomalous transmission properties of zero-permittivity ultranarrow channels are used to boost Kerr nonlinearities and achieve switching and bistable response for moderate optical intensities. Strong field enhancement, uniform all along the channel, is a typical feature of ε-near-zero supercoupli...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 045129] Published Fri Jan 27, 2012 Author(s): Christos Argyropoulos, Pai-Yen Chen, Giuseppe D’Aguanno, Nader Engheta, and Andrea Alù

The anomalous transmission properties of zero-permittivity ultranarrow channels are used to boost Kerr nonlinearities and achieve switching and bistable response for moderate optical intensities. Strong field enhancement, uniform all along the channel, is a typical feature of ε-near-zero supercoupli...

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 045129] Published Fri Jan 27, 2012

]]> Boosting optical nonlinearities in ε-near-zero plasmonic channels Christos Argyropoulos, Pai-Yen Chen, Giuseppe D’Aguanno, Nader Engheta, and Andrea Alù 2012-01-27T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045129 Phys. Rev. B 85, 045129 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 4 2012-01-27T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045129 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045129 045129 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Transmission and Anderson localization in dispersive metamaterials http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045122 Author(s): Ara A. Asatryan, Lindsay C. Botten, Michael A. Byrne, Valentin D. Freilikher, Sergey A. Gredeskul, Ilya V. Shadrivov, Ross C. McPhedran, and Yuri S. Kivshar<br/><p>Comprehensive theoretical and numerical studies of the effects of dispersion and absorption on the Anderson localization of classical waves in weakly disordered, one-dimensional stacks composed of dispersive metamaterials and normal materials are presented. An asymptotic analysis for studying the ef...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 045122] Published Mon Jan 23, 2012 Author(s): Ara A. Asatryan, Lindsay C. Botten, Michael A. Byrne, Valentin D. Freilikher, Sergey A. Gredeskul, Ilya V. Shadrivov, Ross C. McPhedran, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Comprehensive theoretical and numerical studies of the effects of dispersion and absorption on the Anderson localization of classical waves in weakly disordered, one-dimensional stacks composed of dispersive metamaterials and normal materials are presented. An asymptotic analysis for studying the ef...

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 045122] Published Mon Jan 23, 2012

]]> Transmission and Anderson localization in dispersive metamaterials Ara A. Asatryan, Lindsay C. Botten, Michael A. Byrne, Valentin D. Freilikher, Sergey A. Gredeskul, Ilya V. Shadrivov, Ross C. McPhedran, and Yuri S. Kivshar 2012-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045122 Phys. Rev. B 85, 045122 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 4 2012-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045122 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045122 045122 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Proposed isotropic negative index in three-dimensional optical metamaterials http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.041103 Author(s): Boubacar Kante, Kevin O’Brien, Avi Niv, Xiaobo Yin, and Xiang Zhang<br/><p>A simple route toward achieving an isotropic optical negative index in three dimensions is theoretically proposed. We show that, in contrast with previous studies, the plasmonic ring resonators, symmetrically split with an odd number of gaps, have both degenerate electric and magnetic resonances and...</p><br/><img src="http://publish.aps.org/images/icons/rapid30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="Rapid Communication"/> <br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 041103] Published Thu Jan 19, 2012 Author(s): Boubacar Kante, Kevin O’Brien, Avi Niv, Xiaobo Yin, and Xiang Zhang

Rapid Communication A simple route toward achieving an isotropic optical negative index in three dimensions is theoretically proposed. We show that, in contrast with previous studies, the plasmonic ring resonators, symmetrically split with an odd number of gaps, have both degenerate electric and magnetic resonances and...

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 041103] Published Thu Jan 19, 2012

]]> Proposed isotropic negative index in three-dimensional optical metamaterials Boubacar Kante, Kevin O’Brien, Avi Niv, Xiaobo Yin, and Xiang Zhang 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.041103 Phys. Rev. B 85, 041103 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 4 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.041103 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.041103 041103 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Cascaded plasmonic metamaterials for phase-controlled enhancement of nonlinear absorption and refraction http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045432 Author(s): Seyfollah Toroghi and Pieter G. Kik<br/><p>The nonlinear optical properties of plasmon resonant metamaterials consisting of chains of metal nanoparticles are evaluated. Introducing particle size differences along the chains leads to the development of cascaded plasmon resonances exhibiting increased field enhancement and field confinement. T...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 045432] Published Thu Jan 19, 2012 Author(s): Seyfollah Toroghi and Pieter G. Kik

The nonlinear optical properties of plasmon resonant metamaterials consisting of chains of metal nanoparticles are evaluated. Introducing particle size differences along the chains leads to the development of cascaded plasmon resonances exhibiting increased field enhancement and field confinement. T...

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 045432] Published Thu Jan 19, 2012

]]> Cascaded plasmonic metamaterials for phase-controlled enhancement of nonlinear absorption and refraction Seyfollah Toroghi and Pieter G. Kik 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045432 Phys. Rev. B 85, 045432 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 4 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045432 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045432 045432 Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Single-layer terahertz metamaterials with bulk optical constants http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.035112 Author(s): W.-C. Chen, A. Totachawattana, K. Fan, J. L. Ponsetto, A. C. Strikwerda, X. Zhang, R. D. Averitt, and W. J. Padilla<br/><p>We investigate the conditions under which single layer metamaterials may be described by bulk optical constants. Terahertz time domain spectroscopy is utilized to investigate two types of geometries, both with two different sizes of embedding dielectric—cubic and tetragonal unit cells. The tetragona...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 035112] Published Tue Jan 17, 2012 Author(s): W.-C. Chen, A. Totachawattana, K. Fan, J. L. Ponsetto, A. C. Strikwerda, X. Zhang, R. D. Averitt, and W. J. Padilla

We investigate the conditions under which single layer metamaterials may be described by bulk optical constants. Terahertz time domain spectroscopy is utilized to investigate two types of geometries, both with two different sizes of embedding dielectric—cubic and tetragonal unit cells. The tetragona...

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 035112] Published Tue Jan 17, 2012

]]> Single-layer terahertz metamaterials with bulk optical constants W.-C. Chen, A. Totachawattana, K. Fan, J. L. Ponsetto, A. C. Strikwerda, X. Zhang, R. D. Averitt, and W. J. Padilla 2012-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.035112 Phys. Rev. B 85, 035112 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 3 2012-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.035112 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.035112 035112 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Image of an emitting dipole by a superlens http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.015804 Author(s): Tran Minh Hien and Ho Trung Dung<br/><p>We consider the emission pattern of a three-dimensional pointlike dipole situated near a left-handed-medium slab. Unlike earlier work, we focus on the direction normal to the slab surface. It is shown that the evanescent field may help to narrow the major peak of the image created by the propagating...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. A 85, 015804] Published Wed Jan 11, 2012 Author(s): Tran Minh Hien and Ho Trung Dung

We consider the emission pattern of a three-dimensional pointlike dipole situated near a left-handed-medium slab. Unlike earlier work, we focus on the direction normal to the slab surface. It is shown that the evanescent field may help to narrow the major peak of the image created by the propagating...

[Phys. Rev. A 85, 015804] Published Wed Jan 11, 2012

]]> Image of an emitting dipole by a superlens Tran Minh Hien and Ho Trung Dung 2012-01-11T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.85.015804 Phys. Rev. A 85, 015804 (2012) article Physical Review A 85 1 2012-01-11T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.015804 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.015804 015804 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Optical Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn Sum Rules http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.013601 Author(s): Stephen M. Barnett and Rodney Loudon<br/><p>The Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn sum rule is a fundamental consequence of the position-momentum commutation relation for an atomic electron and it provides an important constraint on the transition matrix elements for an atom. Analogously, the commutation relations for the electromagnetic field operators in a...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 013601] Published Fri Jan 06, 2012 Author(s): Stephen M. Barnett and Rodney Loudon

The Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn sum rule is a fundamental consequence of the position-momentum commutation relation for an atomic electron and it provides an important constraint on the transition matrix elements for an atom. Analogously, the commutation relations for the electromagnetic field operators in a...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 013601] Published Fri Jan 06, 2012

]]> Optical Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn Sum Rules Stephen M. Barnett and Rodney Loudon 2012-01-06T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.013601 Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 013601 (2012) article Physical Review Letters 108 1 2012-01-06T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.013601 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.013601 013601 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Experiments on Elastic Cloaking in Thin Plates http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.014301 Author(s): Nicolas Stenger, Manfred Wilhelm, and Martin Wegener<br/><p>Following a theoretical proposal [ M. Farhat <span style="font-style: italic;">et al.</span> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.024301"> Phys. Rev. Lett. <span style="font-weight: bold;">103</span> 024301 (2009)</a>], we design, fabricate, and characterize a cloaking structure for elastic waves in 1 mm thin structured polymer plates. The cloak consists of 20 concentric rings of 16 different metamaterials, each being a tailor...</p><br/><img src="http://publish.aps.org/images/icons/physics_viewpoint.gif" alt="Selected for a Viewpoint in Physics"/> <img src="http://publish.aps.org/images/icons/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/> <br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 014301] Published Tue Jan 03, 2012 Author(s): Nicolas Stenger, Manfred Wilhelm, and Martin Wegener

Selected for a Viewpoint in Physics PRL Editors' Suggestion Following a theoretical proposal [ M. Farhat et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 024301 (2009)], we design, fabricate, and characterize a cloaking structure for elastic waves in 1 mm thin structured polymer plates. The cloak consists of 20 concentric rings of 16 different metamaterials, each being a tailor...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 014301] Published Tue Jan 03, 2012

]]> Experiments on Elastic Cloaking in Thin Plates Nicolas Stenger, Manfred Wilhelm, and Martin Wegener 2012-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.014301 Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 014301 (2012) article Physical Review Letters 108 1 2012-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.014301 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.014301 014301 Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. Material- and geometry-independent multishell cloaking device http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045402 Author(s): Pattabhiraju C. Mundru, Venkatesh Pappakrishnan, and Dentcho A. Genov<br/><p>In this paper we propose a multishell generic cloaking system. A transparency condition independent of the object's optical and geometrical properties is proposed in the quasistatic regime of operation. The suppression of dipolar scattering is demonstrated in both cylindrically and spherically symme...</p><br/><img src="http://publish.aps.org/images/icons/prbsugg30x30.jpg" alt="PRB Editors' Suggestion"/> <br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 045402] Published Tue Jan 03, 2012 Author(s): Pattabhiraju C. Mundru, Venkatesh Pappakrishnan, and Dentcho A. Genov

PRB Editors' Suggestion In this paper we propose a multishell generic cloaking system. A transparency condition independent of the object's optical and geometrical properties is proposed in the quasistatic regime of operation. The suppression of dipolar scattering is demonstrated in both cylindrically and spherically symme...

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 045402] Published Tue Jan 03, 2012

]]> Material- and geometry-independent multishell cloaking device Pattabhiraju C. Mundru, Venkatesh Pappakrishnan, and Dentcho A. Genov 2012-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045402 Phys. Rev. B 85, 045402 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 4 2012-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045402 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045402 045402 Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Erratum: Electromagnetic characterization of planar and bulk metamaterials: A theoretical study [Phys. Rev. B 82, 165114 (2010)] http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.039901 Author(s): Dmitry Morits and Constantin Simovski<br/>[Phys. Rev. B 85, 039901] Published Tue Jan 03, 2012 Author(s): Dmitry Morits and Constantin Simovski

[Phys. Rev. B 85, 039901] Published Tue Jan 03, 2012

]]> Erratum: Electromagnetic characterization of planar and bulk metamaterials: A theoretical study [Phys. Rev. B 82, 165114 (2010)] Dmitry Morits and Constantin Simovski 2012-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.039901 Phys. Rev. B 85, 039901 (2012) article Physical Review B 85 3 2012-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.039901 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.039901 039901 Errata Errata Cloaking Comes Out of the Shadows http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.5.2 Author(s): Ross McPhedran and Alexander Movchan<br/>Cloaking devices made of a composite of soft and hard materials can divert elastic vibrational waves around an object as though it wasn’t there.<br/>[Physics 5, 2] Published Tue Jan 03, 2012 Author(s): Ross McPhedran and Alexander Movchan

Cloaking devices made of a composite of soft and hard materials can divert elastic vibrational waves around an object as though it wasn’t there.

[Physics 5, 2] Published Tue Jan 03, 2012

]]> Cloaking Comes Out of the Shadows Ross McPhedran and Alexander Movchan 2012-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.2 Physics 5, 2 (2012) article Physics 5 2012-01-03T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/Physics.5.2 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.5.2 2 Lossy metamaterials: No effective medium properties without noise http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235150 Author(s): R.  R.  A. Syms, O. Sydoruk, and L. Solymar<br/><p>Lossy metamaterial elements act as sources of Johnson noise, making such materials inherently noisy. A coupled transmission line model capable of describing the effective medium properties, propagation and internal reflections, the internal noise distribution, and the noise factor is developed. Two ...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235150] Published Fri Dec 30, 2011 Author(s): R.  R.  A. Syms, O. Sydoruk, and L. Solymar

Lossy metamaterial elements act as sources of Johnson noise, making such materials inherently noisy. A coupled transmission line model capable of describing the effective medium properties, propagation and internal reflections, the internal noise distribution, and the noise factor is developed. Two ...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235150] Published Fri Dec 30, 2011

]]> Lossy metamaterials: No effective medium properties without noise R.  R.  A. Syms, O. Sydoruk, and L. Solymar 2011-12-30T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235150 Phys. Rev. B 84, 235150 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 23 2011-12-30T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235150 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235150 235150 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Linear and nonlinear Fano resonance on two-dimensional magnetic metamaterials http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235437 Author(s): H. Liu, G. X. Li, K. F. Li, S. M. Chen, S. N. Zhu, C. T. Chan, and K. W. Cheah<br/><p>We demonstrate that both linear and nonlinear Fano resonances can be realized on two dimensional magnetic metamaterials. The Fano resonance comes from the interference between localized magnetic plasmon resonance and propagating surface plasmon polaritons. When studying the linear optical response o...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235437] Published Thu Dec 22, 2011 Author(s): H. Liu, G. X. Li, K. F. Li, S. M. Chen, S. N. Zhu, C. T. Chan, and K. W. Cheah

We demonstrate that both linear and nonlinear Fano resonances can be realized on two dimensional magnetic metamaterials. The Fano resonance comes from the interference between localized magnetic plasmon resonance and propagating surface plasmon polaritons. When studying the linear optical response o...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235437] Published Thu Dec 22, 2011

]]> Linear and nonlinear Fano resonance on two-dimensional magnetic metamaterials H. Liu, G. X. Li, K. F. Li, S. M. Chen, S. N. Zhu, C. T. Chan, and K. W. Cheah 2011-12-22T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235437 Phys. Rev. B 84, 235437 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 23 2011-12-22T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235437 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235437 235437 Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Multipole light scattering by nonspherical nanoparticles in the discrete dipole approximation http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235429 Author(s): Andrey B. Evlyukhin, Carsten Reinhardt, and Boris N. Chichkov<br/><p>In the framework of the discrete dipole approximation we develop a theoretical approach that allows the analysis of the role of multipole modes in the extinction and scattering spectra of arbitrary shaped nanoparticles. The main attention is given to the first multipoles including magnetic dipole an...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235429] Published Tue Dec 20, 2011 Author(s): Andrey B. Evlyukhin, Carsten Reinhardt, and Boris N. Chichkov

In the framework of the discrete dipole approximation we develop a theoretical approach that allows the analysis of the role of multipole modes in the extinction and scattering spectra of arbitrary shaped nanoparticles. The main attention is given to the first multipoles including magnetic dipole an...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235429] Published Tue Dec 20, 2011

]]> Multipole light scattering by nonspherical nanoparticles in the discrete dipole approximation Andrey B. Evlyukhin, Carsten Reinhardt, and Boris N. Chichkov 2011-12-20T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235429 Phys. Rev. B 84, 235429 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 23 2011-12-20T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235429 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235429 235429 Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Vacuum in a Strong Magnetic Field as a Hyperbolic Metamaterial http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.253903 Author(s): Igor I. Smolyaninov<br/><p>As demonstrated by Chernodub, vacuum in a strong magnetic field behaves as Abrikosov vortex lattice in a type-II superconductor. We investigate electromagnetic behavior of vacuum in this state and demonstrate that vacuum behaves as a hyperbolic metamaterial. If the magnetic field is constant, low fr...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 253903] Published Fri Dec 16, 2011 Author(s): Igor I. Smolyaninov

As demonstrated by Chernodub, vacuum in a strong magnetic field behaves as Abrikosov vortex lattice in a type-II superconductor. We investigate electromagnetic behavior of vacuum in this state and demonstrate that vacuum behaves as a hyperbolic metamaterial. If the magnetic field is constant, low fr...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 253903] Published Fri Dec 16, 2011

]]> Vacuum in a Strong Magnetic Field as a Hyperbolic Metamaterial Igor I. Smolyaninov 2011-12-16T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.253903 Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 253903 (2011) article Physical Review Letters 107 25 2011-12-16T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.253903 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.253903 253903 Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. Plasmonic interaction of visible light with gold nanoscale checkerboards http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.245424 Author(s): S. Anantha Ramakrishna, P. Mandal, K. Jeyadheepan, N. Shukla, S. Chakrabarti, M. Kadic, S. Enoch, and S. Guenneau<br/><p>Intersecting corners and checkerboards of negative refractive index materials (NRIM) represent highly singular electromagnetic systems that involve very highly enhanced local fields and the local density of modes. It is well known that plasmonic metallic systems can mimic the behavior of NRIM in the...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 245424] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011 Author(s): S. Anantha Ramakrishna, P. Mandal, K. Jeyadheepan, N. Shukla, S. Chakrabarti, M. Kadic, S. Enoch, and S. Guenneau

Intersecting corners and checkerboards of negative refractive index materials (NRIM) represent highly singular electromagnetic systems that involve very highly enhanced local fields and the local density of modes. It is well known that plasmonic metallic systems can mimic the behavior of NRIM in the...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 245424] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011

]]> Plasmonic interaction of visible light with gold nanoscale checkerboards S. Anantha Ramakrishna, P. Mandal, K. Jeyadheepan, N. Shukla, S. Chakrabarti, M. Kadic, S. Enoch, and S. Guenneau 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.245424 Phys. Rev. B 84, 245424 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 24 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.245424 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.245424 245424 Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Stockman Replies: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259702 Author(s): Mark I. Stockman<br/><p>A Reply to the Comment by Sebastian Wuestner <span style="font-style: italic;">et al.</span></p><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259702] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011 Author(s): Mark I. Stockman

A Reply to the Comment by Sebastian Wuestner et al.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259702] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011

]]> Stockman Replies: Mark I. Stockman 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259702 Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259702 (2011) article Physical Review Letters 107 25 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259702 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259702 259702 Comments Comments Comment on “Spaser Action, Loss Compensation, and Stability in Plasmonic Systems with Gain” http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259703 Author(s): J. B. Pendry and S. A. Maier<br/><p>A Comment on the Letter by Mark I. Stockman, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.156802"> Phys. Rev. Lett. <span style="font-weight: bold;">106</span> 156802 (2011)</a>. The author of the Letter offers a Reply.</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259703] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011 Author(s): J. B. Pendry and S. A. Maier

A Comment on the Letter by Mark I. Stockman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 156802 (2011). The author of the Letter offers a Reply.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259703] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011

]]> Comment on “Spaser Action, Loss Compensation, and Stability in Plasmonic Systems with Gain” J. B. Pendry and S. A. Maier 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259703 Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259703 (2011) article Physical Review Letters 107 25 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259703 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259703 259703 Comments Comments Stockman Replies: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259704 Author(s): Mark I. Stockman<br/><p>A Reply to the Comment by J. B. Pendry and S. A. Maier.</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259704] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011 Author(s): Mark I. Stockman

A Reply to the Comment by J. B. Pendry and S. A. Maier.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259704] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011

]]> Stockman Replies: Mark I. Stockman 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259704 Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259704 (2011) article Physical Review Letters 107 25 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259704 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259704 259704 Comments Comments Comment on “Spaser Action, Loss Compensation, and Stability in Plasmonic Systems with Gain” http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259701 Author(s): Sebastian Wuestner, Andreas Pusch, Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis, Joachim M. Hamm, and Ortwin Hess<br/><p>A Comment on the Letter by Mark I. Stockman, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.156802"> Phys. Rev. Lett. <span style="font-weight: bold;">106</span> 156802 (2011)</a>. The author of the Letter offers a Reply.</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259701] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011 Author(s): Sebastian Wuestner, Andreas Pusch, Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis, Joachim M. Hamm, and Ortwin Hess

A Comment on the Letter by Mark I. Stockman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 156802 (2011). The author of the Letter offers a Reply.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259701] Published Tue Dec 13, 2011

]]> Comment on “Spaser Action, Loss Compensation, and Stability in Plasmonic Systems with Gain” Sebastian Wuestner, Andreas Pusch, Kosmas L. Tsakmakidis, Joachim M. Hamm, and Ortwin Hess 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259701 Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 259701 (2011) article Physical Review Letters 107 25 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259701 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.259701 259701 Comments Comments Optimal filling factor of nanorod lenses for subwavelength imaging http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.065801 Author(s): Sergey Yu. Kosulnikov, Elizaveta A. Yankovskaya, Stanislav I. Maslovski, Pavel A. Belov, and Yuri S. Kivshar<br/><p>We analyze the effect of the filling factor on the imaging performance of metallic nanorod lenses. We observe that thicker nanorods allow lower reflection in the canalization regime and we find optimal values of the filling factor to achieve a transfer function with the characteristics of a perfect ...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. A 84, 065801] Published Mon Dec 12, 2011 Author(s): Sergey Yu. Kosulnikov, Elizaveta A. Yankovskaya, Stanislav I. Maslovski, Pavel A. Belov, and Yuri S. Kivshar

We analyze the effect of the filling factor on the imaging performance of metallic nanorod lenses. We observe that thicker nanorods allow lower reflection in the canalization regime and we find optimal values of the filling factor to achieve a transfer function with the characteristics of a perfect ...

[Phys. Rev. A 84, 065801] Published Mon Dec 12, 2011

]]> Optimal filling factor of nanorod lenses for subwavelength imaging Sergey Yu. Kosulnikov, Elizaveta A. Yankovskaya, Stanislav I. Maslovski, Pavel A. Belov, and Yuri S. Kivshar 2011-12-12T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.065801 Phys. Rev. A 84, 065801 (2011) article Physical Review A 84 6 2011-12-12T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.065801 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.065801 065801 Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics Controlling Gigahertz and Terahertz Surface Electromagnetic Waves with Metamaterial Resonators http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevX.1.021016 Author(s): W.-C. Chen, J. J. Mock, D. R. Smith, T. Akalin, and W. J. Padilla<br/><img src="http://prx.aps.org/files/prx_assets/f9265e17a1e0d26c.png"><br/><p>Metamaterials and surface electromagnetic waves join force in an experimentally demonstrated new concept for modulating guided and lossless transmission of electromagnetic energy in the gigahertz and terahertz frequency range important to modern telecommunication.</p><img src="http://publish.aps.org/images/icons/creativecommons.png" width="30" height="30" alt="Creative Commons"/> <br/>[Phys. Rev. X 1, 021016] Published Tue Dec 06, 2011 Author(s): W.-C. Chen, J. J. Mock, D. R. Smith, T. Akalin, and W. J. Padilla


Creative Commons Metamaterials and surface electromagnetic waves join force in an experimentally demonstrated new concept for modulating guided and lossless transmission of electromagnetic energy in the gigahertz and terahertz frequency range important to modern telecommunication.

[Phys. Rev. X 1, 021016] Published Tue Dec 06, 2011

]]> Controlling Gigahertz and Terahertz Surface Electromagnetic Waves with Metamaterial Resonators W.-C. Chen, J. J. Mock, D. R. Smith, T. Akalin, and W. J. Padilla 2011-12-06T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.1.021016 Phys. Rev. X 1, 021016 (2011) article Physical Review X 1 2 2011-12-06T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevX.1.021016 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevX.1.021016 021016 Research Articles Research Articles Casimir interactions between graphene sheets and metamaterials http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.062501 Author(s): D. Drosdoff and Lilia M. Woods<br/><p>The Casimir force between graphene sheets and metamaterials is studied. Theoretical results based on the Lifshitz theory for layered, planar, two-dimensional systems in media are presented. We consider graphene-graphene, graphene-metamaterial, and metal-graphene-metamaterial configurations. We find ...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. A 84, 062501] Published Fri Dec 02, 2011 Author(s): D. Drosdoff and Lilia M. Woods

The Casimir force between graphene sheets and metamaterials is studied. Theoretical results based on the Lifshitz theory for layered, planar, two-dimensional systems in media are presented. We consider graphene-graphene, graphene-metamaterial, and metal-graphene-metamaterial configurations. We find ...

[Phys. Rev. A 84, 062501] Published Fri Dec 02, 2011

]]> Casimir interactions between graphene sheets and metamaterials D. Drosdoff and Lilia M. Woods 2011-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.062501 Phys. Rev. A 84, 062501 (2011) article Physical Review A 84 6 2011-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.062501 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.062501 062501 Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics Understanding the functionality of an array of invisibility cloaks http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235105 Author(s): Mohamed Farhat, Pai-Yen Chen, Sébastien Guenneau, Stefan Enoch, Ross McPhedran, Carsten Rockstuhl, and Falk Lederer<br/><p>This paper describes the operation and the interaction of cloaking devices when they are periodically arranged. The main focus is on analyzing the dispersion relation of structures, which should mimic that of the vacuum in the ideal scenario. We distinguish between two cloaking mechanisms: cloaks de...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235105] Published Thu Dec 01, 2011 Author(s): Mohamed Farhat, Pai-Yen Chen, Sébastien Guenneau, Stefan Enoch, Ross McPhedran, Carsten Rockstuhl, and Falk Lederer

This paper describes the operation and the interaction of cloaking devices when they are periodically arranged. The main focus is on analyzing the dispersion relation of structures, which should mimic that of the vacuum in the ideal scenario. We distinguish between two cloaking mechanisms: cloaks de...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235105] Published Thu Dec 01, 2011

]]> Understanding the functionality of an array of invisibility cloaks Mohamed Farhat, Pai-Yen Chen, Sébastien Guenneau, Stefan Enoch, Ross McPhedran, Carsten Rockstuhl, and Falk Lederer 2011-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235105 Phys. Rev. B 84, 235105 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 23 2011-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235105 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235105 235105 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Correcting the Fabry-Perot artifacts in metamaterial retrieval procedures http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235106 Author(s): Xing-Xiang Liu, David A. Powell, and Andrea Alù<br/><p>We discuss the well-known limitations in the retrieval of homogenized constitutive parameters based on reflection and transmission from metamaterial slabs arising near the Fabry-Perot resonances of the samples under analysis. The associated artifacts can significantly affect the retrieval results, c...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235106] Published Thu Dec 01, 2011 Author(s): Xing-Xiang Liu, David A. Powell, and Andrea Alù

We discuss the well-known limitations in the retrieval of homogenized constitutive parameters based on reflection and transmission from metamaterial slabs arising near the Fabry-Perot resonances of the samples under analysis. The associated artifacts can significantly affect the retrieval results, c...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 235106] Published Thu Dec 01, 2011

]]> Correcting the Fabry-Perot artifacts in metamaterial retrieval procedures Xing-Xiang Liu, David A. Powell, and Andrea Alù 2011-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235106 Phys. Rev. B 84, 235106 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 23 2011-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235106 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235106 235106 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Surface plasmon driven scalable low-loss negative-index metamaterial in the visible spectrum http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195465 Author(s): Muhammad I. Aslam and Durdu Ö. Güney<br/><p>We demonstrate that surface plasmons of a thin metal film interacting with a periodic array of nanostructures around it can be utilized to make bulk negative index metamaterials at visible spectrum with simultaneously negative permittivity and permeability. These surface plasmon driven metamaterials...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 195465] Published Mon Nov 28, 2011 Author(s): Muhammad I. Aslam and Durdu Ö. Güney

We demonstrate that surface plasmons of a thin metal film interacting with a periodic array of nanostructures around it can be utilized to make bulk negative index metamaterials at visible spectrum with simultaneously negative permittivity and permeability. These surface plasmon driven metamaterials...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 195465] Published Mon Nov 28, 2011

]]> Surface plasmon driven scalable low-loss negative-index metamaterial in the visible spectrum Muhammad I. Aslam and Durdu Ö. Güney 2011-11-28T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195465 Phys. Rev. B 84, 195465 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 19 2011-11-28T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195465 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195465 195465 Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems Extraordinary light focusing and Fourier transform properties of gradient-index metalenses http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195142 Author(s): Changbao Ma, Marco A. Escobar, and Zhaowei Liu<br/><p>We propose and demonstrate a new type of metalenses that are phase compensated by gradient index (GRIN) or inhomogeneous permittivity metamaterials. Both elliptically and hyperbolically dispersive GRIN metalenses for both internal and external focusing are studied. The requirements for the GRIN meta...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 195142] Published Mon Nov 28, 2011 Author(s): Changbao Ma, Marco A. Escobar, and Zhaowei Liu

We propose and demonstrate a new type of metalenses that are phase compensated by gradient index (GRIN) or inhomogeneous permittivity metamaterials. Both elliptically and hyperbolically dispersive GRIN metalenses for both internal and external focusing are studied. The requirements for the GRIN meta...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 195142] Published Mon Nov 28, 2011

]]> Extraordinary light focusing and Fourier transform properties of gradient-index metalenses Changbao Ma, Marco A. Escobar, and Zhaowei Liu 2011-11-28T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195142 Phys. Rev. B 84, 195142 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 19 2011-11-28T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195142 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.195142 195142 Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems Control of Gilbert damping using magnetic metamaterials http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.174421 Author(s): Chiharu Mitsumata and Satoshi Tomita<br/><p>We studied, from a theoretical standpoint, the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation of magnetic metamaterials consisting of magnetic nanoparticles. The dynamics of the metamaterials magnetization was numerically investigated in order to elucidate the mechanism of Gilbert damping. Our results revealed th...</p><br/>[Phys. Rev. B 84, 174421] Published Fri Nov 18, 2011 Author(s): Chiharu Mitsumata and Satoshi Tomita

We studied, from a theoretical standpoint, the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation of magnetic metamaterials consisting of magnetic nanoparticles. The dynamics of the metamaterials magnetization was numerically investigated in order to elucidate the mechanism of Gilbert damping. Our results revealed th...

[Phys. Rev. B 84, 174421] Published Fri Nov 18, 2011

]]> Control of Gilbert damping using magnetic metamaterials Chiharu Mitsumata and Satoshi Tomita 2011-11-18T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.174421 Phys. Rev. B 84, 174421 (2011) article Physical Review B 84 17 2011-11-18T10:00:00-05:00 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.174421 http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.174421 174421 Magnetism Magnetism