Efficient Light Bending with Isotropic Metamaterial Huygens' Surfaces

Abstract

Metamaterial Huygens' surfaces manipulate electromagnetic wavefronts without reflection. A broadband Huygens' surface that efficiently refracts normally incident light at the telecommunication wavelength of 1.5 mu m is reported. The electric and magnetic responses of the surface are independently controlled by cascading three patterned, metallic sheets with a subwavelength overall thickness of 430 nm. The peak efficiency of the device is significantly enhanced by reducing the polarization and reflection losses that are inherent to earlier single-layer designs.

Keywords

Metamaterial, metasurface, Huygens, lens, plasmonics, PLASMONIC METASURFACES, NEGATIVE METAMATERIALS, BROAD-BAND, REFRACTION, INDEX, PERMITTIVITY, PERMEABILITY, NANOANTENNAS, LENSES

DOI

10.1021/nl5001746

Date of this Version

5-2014

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