Title :
Metamaterials with Giant Optical Activity
Author :
Fedotov, V.A. ; Plum, Eric ; Schwanecke, A.S. ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel type of chiral photonic metamaterial based on pairs of physically separated mutually twisted planar metal patterns. It exhibits very strong gyrotropy (2500deg/mm) in the visible, near-infrared and microwave spectral ranges.
Keywords :
chirality; metamaterials; microwave materials; optical rotation; chiral photonic metamaterial; giant optical activity; gyrotropy; microwave spectra; near-infrared spectra; specific rotatory power; twisted planar metal patterns; visible spectra; Copper; Dielectric materials; Frequency; Gyrotropism; Metamaterials; Nanophotonics; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Resonance; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4387043
