Title :
Photonic metamaterials: Recent progress
Author :
Wegener, Martin ; Linden, Stefan
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Univ. Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Abstract :
After briefly reviewing the tremendous progress in the emerging field of (e.g., magnetic or negative-index) photonic metamaterials, we focus on the remaining two major challenges: Fabrication of truly three-dimensional structures and reduction of losses.
Keywords :
metamaterials; optical losses; optical materials; photonic band gap; refractive index; loss reduction; negative index of refraction; photonic metamaterials; three-dimensional structure fabrication; Lighting control; Magnetic materials; Magnetic resonance; Metamaterials; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771665
