Title :
Optical negative index metamaterials with improved performance
Author :
Zhang, Shuang ; Fan, Wenjun ; Malloy, K.J. ; Brueck, S.R.J. ; Panoiu, N.C. ; Osgood, R.M., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Abstract :
Near-IR negative index metamaterials with substantially improved optical performance are numerically demonstrated and experimentally verified. The scaling of this structure to visible wavelengths is also discussed.
Keywords :
metamaterials; optical materials; optical multilayers; near-IR metamaterials; optical multilayers; optical negative index metamaterials; optical performance; Gold; Magnetic flux; Magnetic materials; Magnetic resonance; Metamaterials; Optical films; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Physical optics; (260.2030) Physical Optics; (290.3030) Scattering; (310.6860) Thin films;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629170
