Title :
Artificial faraday rotation using active metamaterials
Author :
Zheng Wang ; Zhiyu Wang ; Jingyu Wang ; Bin Zhang ; Jiangtao Huangfu ; Joannopoulos, John D. ; Soljacic, Marin ; Lixin Ran
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate microwave gyrotropic metamaterials without an external magnetic bias, by translating the property of unidirectional active electronic circuits into effective dielectric response. Strong bulk Faraday effects were observed in both simulations and experiments.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; integrated optoelectronics; microwave metamaterials; microwave photonics; optical metamaterials; optical rotation; active metamaterials; artificial Faraday rotation; bulk Faraday effects; dielectric response; microwave gyrotropic metamaterials; unidirectional active electronic circuits; Dipole antennas; Faraday effect; Integrated circuit modeling; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Printed circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614496