Optical Negative Refraction in Bulk Metamaterials of Nanowires
Abstract
Negative refraction in metamaterials has generated great excitement in the scientific community. Although negative refraction has been realized in microwave and infrared by using metamaterials and by using two-dimensional waveguide structures, creation of a bulk metamaterial showing negative refraction at visible frequency has not been successful, mainly because of the significant resonance losses and fabrication difficulties. We report bulk metamaterials made of nanowires that show such negative refraction for all incident angles in the visible region. Moreover, the negative refraction occurs far from any resonance, resulting in a low-loss and a broad-band propagation at visible frequencies. These remarkable properties can substantially affect applications such as imaging, three-dimensional light manipulation, and optical communication.
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This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Program (grant no. FA9550-04-1-0434) and NSF NSEC under award no. DMI-0327077. The authors thank E. Hajime for assistance in fabrication at the early stage of the work.
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Volume 321 | Issue 5891
15 August 2008
15 August 2008
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