Metamaterials: transforming theory into reality

Author

• Natalia M. Litchinitser, SUNY Buffalo
• V. M. Shalaev, Birck Nanotechnology Center and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue UniversityFollow

Abstract

Metamaterials constitute a new area of science that is expanding our fundamental understanding of the behavior of the propagation of electromagnetic waves and their interactions, and providing new solutions for a wide range of applications from optical communications and defense to biological imaging. In this brief review, we focus on recent progress in theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies of linear and nonlinear optical properties of negative index materials and in the emerging field of transformation optics.

Keywords

NEGATIVE-INDEX METAMATERIALS; SURFACE-PLASMON POLARITONS; GAIN-ASSISTED PROPAGATION; 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; MAGNETIC METAMATERIALS; WAVE-GUIDES; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; 3RD-HARMONIC GENERATION; PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES

Date of this Version

12-2009

Recommended Citation

Litchinitser, Natalia M. and Shalaev, V. M., "Metamaterials: transforming theory into reality" (2009). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 478.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/nanopub/478