Negative refractive index metamaterial with high transmission, low reflection, and low loss in the terahertz waveband

Acoustic transmission line metamaterial with negative/zero/positive refractive index

A one-dimensional acoustic negative refractive index metamaterial based on the transmission line approach is presented. This structure implements the dual transmission line concept extensively investigated in microwave engineering. It consists of an acoustic waveguide periodically loaded with membranes realizing the function of series “capacitances” and transversally connected open channels rea...

Low-loss negative-index metamaterial at telecommunication wavelengths.

We fabricate and characterize a low-loss silver-based negative-index metamaterial based on the design of a recent theoretical proposal. Comparing the measured transmittance and reflectance spectra with theory reveals good agreement. We retrieve a real part of the refractive index of Re(n)= -2 around 1.5 microm wavelength. The maximum of the ratio of the real to the imaginary part of the refract...

Stochastic optimization of low-loss optical negative-index metamaterial

Overcoming losses with gain in a negative refractive index metamaterial.

On the basis of a full-vectorial three-dimensional Maxwell-Bloch approach we investigate the possibility of using gain to overcome losses in a negative refractive index fishnet metamaterial. We show that appropriate placing of optically pumped laser dyes (gain) into the metamaterial structure results in a frequency band where the nonbianisotropic metamaterial becomes amplifying. In that region ...

A three-dimensional self-supporting low loss microwave lens with a negative refractive index

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