Experimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial

This work presents a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial (vHMM) consisting of a vertically stacked metal-dielectric multilayer that operates in the visible spectrum. The vHMM is designed by exploiting the relation between negative refraction and effective permittivity along the perpendicular direction...

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Autores principales: Cho Hanlyun, Yang Younghwan, Lee Dasol, So Sunae, Rho Junsuk
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3615fc26b54b4e04a740fc4b3e3d6b632021-12-05T14:10:56ZExperimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial2192-861410.1515/nanoph-2021-0337https://doaj.org/article/3615fc26b54b4e04a740fc4b3e3d6b632021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0337https://doaj.org/toc/2192-8614This work presents a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial (vHMM) consisting of a vertically stacked metal-dielectric multilayer that operates in the visible spectrum. The vHMM is designed by exploiting the relation between negative refraction and effective permittivity along the perpendicular direction of the layers (ε ⊥). When a vHMM has a high loss tangent defined by tan δ ⊥ ≡ Im(ε ⊥)/Re(ε ⊥), even a vHMM composed of relatively thick layers can generate negative refraction. A fabricable vHMM composed of gold and copolymer resist (EL8) which exhibits negative refraction at the wavelengths between 450 and 550 nm is designed using critical layer thickness analysis. The largest negative refraction is observed at the wavelength of 500 nm, where the angle of refraction reaches −1.03°. The corresponding loss tangent and equivalent refractive index are 1.08 and −0.47, respectively. However, negative refraction is not observed at the wavelengths longer than 550 nm due to low tan δ ⊥. We uncover that the tan δ ⊥ of a vHMM is the dominant condition for generating negative refraction rather than the ratio of layer thickness to wavelength.Cho HanlyunYang YounghwanLee DasolSo SunaeRho JunsukDe Gruyterarticlecritical layer thicknesseffective permittivityfocused ion-beamhyperbolic metamaterialnegative refractionPhysicsQC1-999ENNanophotonics, Vol 10, Iss 15, Pp 3871-3877 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic critical layer thickness
effective permittivity
focused ion-beam
hyperbolic metamaterial
negative refraction
Physics
QC1-999
spellingShingle critical layer thickness
effective permittivity
focused ion-beam
hyperbolic metamaterial
negative refraction
Physics
QC1-999
Cho Hanlyun
Yang Younghwan
Lee Dasol
So Sunae
Rho Junsuk
Experimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial
description This work presents a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial (vHMM) consisting of a vertically stacked metal-dielectric multilayer that operates in the visible spectrum. The vHMM is designed by exploiting the relation between negative refraction and effective permittivity along the perpendicular direction of the layers (ε ⊥). When a vHMM has a high loss tangent defined by tan δ ⊥ ≡ Im(ε ⊥)/Re(ε ⊥), even a vHMM composed of relatively thick layers can generate negative refraction. A fabricable vHMM composed of gold and copolymer resist (EL8) which exhibits negative refraction at the wavelengths between 450 and 550 nm is designed using critical layer thickness analysis. The largest negative refraction is observed at the wavelength of 500 nm, where the angle of refraction reaches −1.03°. The corresponding loss tangent and equivalent refractive index are 1.08 and −0.47, respectively. However, negative refraction is not observed at the wavelengths longer than 550 nm due to low tan δ ⊥. We uncover that the tan δ ⊥ of a vHMM is the dominant condition for generating negative refraction rather than the ratio of layer thickness to wavelength.
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author Cho Hanlyun
Yang Younghwan
Lee Dasol
So Sunae
Rho Junsuk
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Yang Younghwan
Lee Dasol
So Sunae
Rho Junsuk
author_sort Cho Hanlyun
title Experimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial
title_short Experimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial
title_full Experimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial
title_fullStr Experimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial
title_full_unstemmed Experimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial
title_sort experimental demonstration of broadband negative refraction at visible frequencies by critical layer thickness analysis in a vertical hyperbolic metamaterial
publisher De Gruyter
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/3615fc26b54b4e04a740fc4b3e3d6b63
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