Title :
Chiral Photonic Metamaterial
Author :
Fedotov, V.A. ; Plum, E. ; Chen, Y. ; Schwanecke, A.S. ; Zheludev, N.I.
Author_Institution :
EPSRCNanoPhotonics Portfolio Centre, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, SO 17 IBJ, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate novel chiral photonic metamaterials consisting of physically separated mutually twisted planar metal patterns in parallel planes. Such metamaterials are shown to exhibit very strong gyrotropy (600°/mm) in the visible, near-IR and microwaves.
Keywords :
Gyrotropism; Metamaterials; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical microscopy; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Resonance; Rotation measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431631
