Artigo Revisado por pares

Low-Loss Multilayered Metamaterial Exhibiting a Negative Index of Refraction at Visible Wavelengths

2011; American Physical Society; Volume: 106; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevlett.106.067402

ISSN

1092-0145

Autores

Carlos García‐Meca, Juan Hurtado, J. Martí, Alejandro Martı́nez, Wayne Dickson, Anatoly V. Zayats,

Tópico(s)

Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

Resumo

We experimentally demonstrate a low-loss multilayered metamaterial exhibiting a double-negative refractive index in the visible spectral range. To this end, we exploit a second-order magnetic resonance of the so-called fishnet structure. The low-loss nature of the employed magnetic resonance, together with the effect of the interacting adjacent layers, results in a figure of merit as high as 3.34. A wide spectral range of negative index is achieved, covering the wavelength region between 620 and 806 nm with only two different designs.

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