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Metamaterials Controlled with Light

Ilya V. Shadrivov, Polina V. Kapitanova, Stanislav I. Maslovski, and Yuri S. Kivshar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 083902 – Published 23 August 2012
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Abstract

We suggest and verify experimentally the concept of functional metamaterials whose properties are remotely controlled by illuminating the metamaterial with a pattern of visible light. In such metamaterials arbitrary gradients of the effective material parameters can be achieved simply by adjusting the profile of illumination. We fabricate such light-tunable microwave metamaterials and demonstrate their unique functionalities for reflection, shaping, and focusing of electromagnetic waves.

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  • Received 12 April 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.083902

© 2012 American Physical Society

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Tunable Metamaterials

Published 23 August 2012

A new metamaterial mirror comes with a control knob that varies the direction of the reflected light.

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Ilya V. Shadrivov1, Polina V. Kapitanova2, Stanislav I. Maslovski2,3, and Yuri S. Kivshar1,2

  • 1Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
  • 2National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO), St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
  • 3Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Coimbra, Pólo II, 3030 Coimbra, Portugal

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Vol. 109, Iss. 8 — 24 August 2012

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