DocumentCode
2689037
Title
A novel clustered dielectric cubes metamaterial (CDC-MTM)
Author
Rennings, A. ; Caloz, C. ; Wolff, I.
Author_Institution
Duisburg-Essen Univ., Duisburg
fYear
2006
fDate
9-14 July 2006
Firstpage
483
Lastpage
486
Abstract
We investigate here a nonmetallic metamaterial (MTM) made of clustered dielectric cubes, where left-handed (LH) bands are generated by antisymmetric modes producing plasmonic artificial magnetic dipoles alternating with electric dipoles, so as to generate negative refractive index (NRI) characteristics. This structure bears some similarity with the metallic nanopillar pairs made of gold introduced in A.N. Grigorenko (2005) for magnetic activity at visible frequencies
Keywords
dielectric materials; dielectric waveguides; metamaterials; refractive index; antisymmetric modes; clustered dielectric cubes metamaterial; electric dipoles; magnetic activity; metallic nanopillar pairs; negative refractive index characteristics; nonmetallic metamaterial; plasmonic artificial magnetic dipoles; visible frequencies; Dielectric losses; Frequency; Lattices; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical ring resonators; Permeability; Permittivity; Photonic crystals; Plasmons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0123-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2006.1710564
Filename
1710564
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