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METAMATERIALS
Metamaterials are artificial engineered composite structures that can be designed
to exhibit specific electromagnetic properties not observed in the constituent
materials and not commonly found in nature.
• What’s a double negative (DNG) medium
and how does it work?
• Backward waves and negative refraction
• Applications
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Negative Refraction
, 0ε µ > , 0ε µ <
ki
kt
kr
θi
θt
θr
air
ki
kt
kr
θi
θt
θr
air
DPS DNG
Regular refractionRegular refraction Negative refractionNegative refraction
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Negative Refraction Index (NRI)
Snell’s LawSnell’s Law
1 1 2 2sin | |sinn nθ θ= −
2 0n <
V. G. VeselagoV. G. Veselago
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Pendry Perfect Lens
AA BB
dd t-dt-dtt
1n = −
PendryPendry
The lens focuses all the
“planes waves” radiated by a
dipole source (even the
evanescent waves), with no
phase or amplitude distortion
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Material DispersionMaterial Dispersion
DNG metamaterials:DNG metamaterials: can be achieved by frequency resonancecan be achieved by frequency resonance of a mixture ofof a mixture of
metallic and/or dielectric particles in a host mediummetallic and/or dielectric particles in a host medium..
Electric plasma frequency
Electric resonance frequency
“Magnetic plasma frequency”
Magnetic resonance frequency.
0
2 2
2 2
0
p
p
e e
e ei
ω ωε
ε ω ω ωγ
−
=
− −
0
2 2
2 2
0
p
p
m m
m mi
ω ωµ
µ ω ω ωγ
−
=
− −
:peω
0
:eω
:pmω
0
:mω
Negative permittivity (effect of wires)
Negative permeability (effect of rings)
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The Split Ring Resonator (SRR)The Split Ring Resonator (SRR)
External magnetic field penetrates through the rings and currents are induced.
+−
−+
Gap prevents currents from flowing around the ring, which considerably increases the resonance
frequency of the structure.
Metamaterial, which response should be homogeneous on the scale of the wavelength.
SRR provides a resonant structure which is much smaller than the resonance wavelength.
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Array of Metallic WiresArray of Metallic Wires
For long wavelengths an array of
metallic wires interacts with
electromagnetic waves as a plasma, and
thus exhibits a negative permittivity
below the plasma frequency:
2
2
1 pω
ε
ω
= −