Title :
Giant resonance and absorption in ultrathin metamaterial
Author :
Yanai, Avner ; Orenstein, Meir ; Levy, Uriel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
We study a metamaterial periodic structure consisting of alternating positive/negative refractive index layers. Very narrow resonance peaks with absorption of 50% are obtained, for a structure thickness as thin as 1% of the incident wavelength.
Keywords :
light absorption; light propagation; metamaterials; periodic structures; refractive index; alternating positive-negative refractive index layers; giant absorption; giant resonance; incident wavelength; metamaterial periodic structure; narrow resonance peaks; structure thickness; ultrathin metamaterial; Absorption; Couplings; Fabry-Perot; Indexes; Materials; Periodic structures; Reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
