Title :
Strong circular dichroism from twisted split-ring-resonators
Author :
Decker, Manuel ; Zhao, Rongkuo ; Soukoulis, Costas M. ; Linden, Stefan ; Wegener, Martin
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Nanotechnol., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Abstract :
We investigate chiral photonic metamaterials composed of stacked layers of twisted split-ring-resonators. Our design allows for strong circular dichroism of up to 33% at optical frequencies. The experiments are in good agreement with theory.
Keywords :
Birefringence; Materials science and technology; Metamaterials; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Physics; Space technology; Stacking;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
