Title :
3D Isotropic magnetic and negative index nanocluster metamaterials
Author :
Vallecchi, Andrea ; Albani, Matteo ; Capolino, Filippo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Siena, Siena, Italy
Abstract :
We investigate the optical properties of metamaterials formed by collections of three-dimensional clusters of plasmonic nanoparticles. This type of nanoclusters (NCs) consist of spherical constellations of metallic nanospheres arranged around a central dielectric sphere and support collective plasmon modes among which the most relevant are those associated with the induced electric and magnetic dipole resonances. We discuss the effective electric and magnetic polarizabilities of NCs, emphasizing their isotropic properties, and we show that dense packed arrays of NCs can be used to realize metamaterials with negative effective permittivity and permeability, and even negative effective refractive index at visible frequencies.
Keywords :
magnetic moments; metamaterials; nanoparticles; permeability; permittivity; plasmonics; plasmons; refractive index; 3D isotropic magnetic index; central dielectric sphere; collective plasmon modes; dense packed arrays; electric polarizability; induced electric dipole resonances; magnetic dipole resonances; magnetic polarizability; metallic nanospheres; nanocluster metamaterials; nanoclusters; negative index; optical properties; permeability; permittivity; plasmonic nanoparticles; refractive index; spherical constellations; three-dimensional clusters; Magnetic cores; Magnetic materials; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic separation; Metamaterials; Permittivity; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5117-3
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050438
