Pulse shaping using optical metamaterials with naturally anisotropic structural elements

L. J. Prokopeva, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
D. P. Brown, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
Xingjie Ni, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
Vladimir P. Drachev, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
A. M. Urbas, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
Alexander V. Kildishev, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University

Abstract

We numerically investigate a sub-class of metamaterials with anisotropic structural elements. We show such a metamaterial allows for placing electric and magnetic resonance bands close together, hence providing flexible manipulation of optical pulses.

Discipline(s)

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology