Recent experiments have demonstrated that the metamaterial approach is capable of drastic increase of the critical temperature T c of epsilon near zero (ENZ) metamaterial superconductors. For example, tripling of the critical temperature has been observed in Al-Al 2 O 3 ENZ core-shell metamaterials. Here, we perform theoretical modelling of T c increase in metamaterial superconductors based on ...

Recent experiments have shown the viability of the metamaterial approach to dielectric response engineering for enhancing the transition temperature, Tc, of a superconductor. In this report, we demonstrate the use of Al2O3-coated aluminium nanoparticles to form the recently proposed epsilon near zero (ENZ) core-shell metamaterial superconductor with a Tc that is three times that of pure alumini...

This research paper proposes an analytical approach for evaluating electromagnetic scattering from a planar complex object made of perfect electric conductor, which hosts double negative metamaterial half-layer on the lit face. The method is based physical optics approximation equivalent sources and works in framework uniform geometrical theory diffracion, so that scattered field surrounding fr...

A three-dimensional (3D) highly-directive emission system is proposed to enable beam shaping and beam steering capabilities in wideband frequencies. It is composed of an omnidirectional source antenna and several 3D gradient-refractive-index (GRIN) lenses. To engineer a broadband impedance match, the design method for these 3D lenses is established under the scenario of free-space excitation by...

Planar metamaterials consisting of subwavelength resonators have been recently proposed for thin dielectric film sensing in the terahertz frequency range. Although the thickness of the dielectric film can be very small compared with the wavelength, the required area of sensed material is still determined by the diffraction-limited spot size of the terahertz beam excitation. In this article, ter...

Metamaterials are fascinating tools that can structure not only surface plasmons and electromagnetic waves but also electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations. The possibility of shaping the quantum vacuum is a powerful concept that ultimately allows engineering the interaction between macroscopic surfaces and quantum emitters such as atoms, molecules, or quantum dots. The long-range atom-surface inte...

Due to the increasing complexity of metamaterial geometric structures, direct optimisation of these designs using conventional approaches, such as Gradient-based and evolutionary algorithms, are often impractical and limited. This is in part due to the inherently high computational cost associated with running multiple expensive high-fidelity full-wave simulations, commonly required to optimise...

A dual-band artificial magnetic material and then a dual-band double-negative metamaterial structure based on symmetric spiral resonators are presented. An approximate analytical model is used for the initial design of the proposed structures. The electromagnetic parameters of the proposed metamaterial structure retrieved using an advanced parameter retrieval method based on the causality princ...

Metamaterials and Transformation Optics (TO) have been used to design and implement many novel electromagnetic devices that can achieve effects not possible using conventional materials. Compact high-gain antennas are one of the more popular and successful emerging applications for the new TO and metamaterial design approaches. This dissertation details an extension of uniaxial near-zeroindex m...

A topology optimized metamaterial-based electrically small antenna configuration that is independent of a specific spherical and/or cylindrical metamaterial shell design is demonstrated. Topology optimization is shown to provide the optimal value and placement of a given ideal metamaterial in space to maximize far-field radiated power.