AAWSAP DIRD, Metamaterials for Aerospace Applications, April 2010

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Contents
Definition of Metamaterials .................................................................................... 1
Applications to Sub-Diffraction Imaging: Super-Lens and Hyper-Lens .................. 6
Applications to Circuits and Waveguide Miniaturization: Slowing Down and
Manipulating Electromagnetic Pulses (EMP) Using Advanced Metamaterials ....... 16
Metamaterials for Energy Harvesting ................................................................... 20
Nonlinear Non-Reciprocal Chiral Metamaterials: For Developing Novel Optical
Isolators and "One-Way" Microwave Mirrors ....................................................... 27
Tunable Switchable Metamaterials ....................................................................... 30
Summary and Conclusions ................................................................................... 31
References ........................................................................................................... 31
Figures
Figure 1. Example of a Metamaterial Component: The Magnetic Split Ring
Resonator (SRR) Design .......................................................................... 2
Figure 2. Example of Another Metamaterial Component: Electric Ring Resonator
Figure 3. Geometry of Original Planar Metamaterial Unit Cells (OE1-OE6) and Their
Figure 4. Recent Optical Metamaterials for Telecommunication Wavelength and
Figure 6. Schematic of the SiC-based Super-lens Which is Imaging Sub-wavelength
(ERR)......................................................................................................... 2
Complements (CE1-CE6) ......................................................................... 3
Mid-Infrared Indefinite Permittivity Material .......................................... 5
Figures. Schematic of The Super-lens With n=-1 Refractive Index Corresponding
to ( Surrounded by Vacuum ..................................................................... 7
Holes Buried Under the SiO2 Layer.......................................................... 8
Figure 7. Theoretical Concepts (left panel) and Experimental Implementation
(right panel) of an Optical Hyperlens Capable of Magnifying Sub-
Diffraction Objects to Observable (larger than Size................................. 9
Figure 8. Hyperlens Based on a Converging Array of Metal Wires ........................ 10
Figure 9. Far-Field Super-lens (FSL) Based on an Indefinite Permittivity
Metamaterial Placed Between the Object and the Image-Releasing
Grating .................................................................................................. 12
Figure 10. Tomographic Multi-Beam Multi-Detector Holography of Sub-Wavelength
Objects Using Indefinite Permittivity Medium (IPM) ........................... 12
Figure 11. First Experimental Demonstration of Propagating Sub-Diffraction Waves
Figure 12. Schematic for 2-Beams/2-Detectors Interferometric Measurement
Figure 13. Experimental Setup for 2-Beams/2-Detectors Interferometric
in the Indefinite Permittivity Medium (IPM) ....................................... 13
and Numerical Simulation................................................................... 14
Measurement in the Lab and Preliminary Experimental Results .......... 15
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