Coupling effects in dense arrays of 3D optical metamaterials

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Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) metafilms composed of periodic arrays containing single and multiple micrometer-scale vertical split ring resonators per unit cell were fabricated using membrane projection lithography. In contrast to planar and stacked planar structures such as cut wire pairs and fishnet structures, these 3D metafilms have a thickness t ∼λd/4, allowing for classical thin film effects in the long wavelength limit. The infrared specular far-field scattering response was measured for metafilms containing one and two resonators per unit cell, and compared to numerical simulations. Excellent agreement in the frequency region below the onset of diffractive scattering was obtained. The metafilms demonstrate strong bi-anisotropic polarization dependence. Further, we show that for 3D metafilms, just as in solids, complex unit cells with multiple atoms (inclusions) per unit cell possess a richer set of excitation mechanisms. The highlight of these new coupling mechanisms is the excitation of the 3D analog to the 2D cut-wire-pair magnetic response.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMetamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2018
EditorsNikolay I. Zheludev, Nader Engheta, Mikhail A. Noginov, Nikolay I. Zheludev
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510620094
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventMetamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2018 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Aug 19 2018Aug 23 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10719
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceMetamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period08/19/1808/23/18

Funding

This paper describes objective technical results and analysis. Any subjective views or opinions that might be expressed in the paper do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States Government. This work was performed, in part, at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at Sandia National Laboratories, a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DENA-0003525. Partially supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Program: DARPA/DSO EXTREME; Agreement No. HR0011726711. This paper describes objective technical results and analysis. Any subjective views or opinions that might be expressed in the paper do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States Government. This work was performed, in part, at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at Sandia National Laboratories, a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA-0003525. Partially supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Program: DARPA/DSO EXTREME; Agreement No. HR0011726711.

Keywords

  • 3-Dimensional
  • Coupling
  • Metamaterials

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