Title :
Development of composite silver-polymer metamaterials
Author :
Mayy, M. ; Zhu, G. ; Barnakov, Yu.A. ; Noginov, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Mater. Res., Norfolk State Univ., Norfolk, VA
Abstract :
We have synthesized and studied a series of composite silver-polymer photonic metamaterials with composition-tunable electric permittivity epsiv. The demonstrated value epsivpsila = 12.8 at lambda = 2.4 mum appears to be the highest in the near-to-mid-IR spectral range.
Keywords :
composite materials; infrared spectra; metamaterials; optical materials; permittivity; polymers; reflectivity; silver; Ag; IR spectra; composite silver-polymer metamaterials; composition-tunable electric permittivity; optical reflection; optical transmission; photonic metamaterials; wavelength 2.4 mum; Absorption; Dielectric constant; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Nanoparticles; Optical films; Optical materials; Permittivity; Powders; Silver; 160.3918 Metamaterials; 160.4760 Optical properties (of materials);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
