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A combinatorial approach to metamaterials discovery

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We report a high throughput combinatorial approach to photonic metamaterial optimization. The new approach is based on parallel synthesis and subsequent optical characterization of large numbers of spatially addressable nanofabricated metamaterial samples (libraries) with quasi-continuous variation of design parameters under real manufacturing conditions. We illustrate this method for Fano-resonance plasmonic nanostructures, arriving at explicit recipes for high quality factors needed for switching and sensing applications.

Source: Journal of Optics

DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/5/055102

Authors: E Plum, K Tanaka, W T Chen, V A Fedotov, D P Tsai, N I Zheludev

Institutions: University of Southampton, Sony (Japan), National Taiwan University

Language: English

Topic: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

Subfield: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Awards: G6038031612, G6941070576