Advances in active and nonlinear metamaterials

A. D. Boardman; R. C. Mitchell-Thomas; Y. G. Rapoport

doi:10.1117/12.981529

19 November 2012 Advances in active and nonlinear metamaterials

A. D. Boardman, R. C. Mitchell-Thomas, Y. G. Rapoport

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Proceedings Volume 8542, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VI; 85421D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.981529
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Metamaterial research is an extremely important global activity that promises to change our lives in many different ways. These include making objects invisible and the dramatic impact of metamaterials upon the energy and medical sectors of society. Behind all of the applications, however, lies the business of creating metamaterials that are not going to be crippled by the kind of loss that is naturally heralded by use of resonant responses in their construction. Under the general heading of active and tunable metamaterials, an elegant route to the inclusion of nonlinearity and waveguide complexity coupled to soliton behavior suggested by forms of transformation dynamics is presented. In addition, various discussions will be framed within a magnetooptical environment that deploys externally applied magnetic field orientations. Light can then be directed to achieve energy control and be deployed for a variety of outcomes. Quite apart from the fact that the manufacture of metamaterials is attracting such a lot of global attention, the ability to control light, for example, in these materials is also immensely interesting and will lead to a new dawn of integrated circuits and computers. Recognizing the role of nonlinearity raises the possibility that dramatic manufacturing and applications are on the horizon.

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A. D. Boardman, R. C. Mitchell-Thomas, and Y. G. Rapoport "Advances in active and nonlinear metamaterials", Proc. SPIE 8542, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VI, 85421D (19 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.981529

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