Reduced reflection from roughened hyperbolic metamaterial
Abstract
We show that roughened surfaces of hyperbolic metamaterials scatter light preferentially inside the media, resulting in a very low reflectance. This phenomenon of fundamental importance, demonstrated experimentally in arrays of silver nanowires grown in alumina membranes, is consistent with a broad-band singularity in the density of photonic states. It paves the road to a variety of applications ranging from the stealth technology to high-efficiency solar cells and photodetectors. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
Keywords
NEGATIVE REFRACTION; OPTICAL HYPERLENS; SURFACE; LIGHT
DOI
10.1364/OE.21.014956
Date of this Version
6-17-2013
Recommended Citation
Narimanov, Evgenii E.; Li, H.; Barnakov, Yu A.; Tumkur, T. U.; and Noginov, M. A., "Reduced reflection from roughened hyperbolic metamaterial" (2013). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 1418.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.014956