Metamaterials and Plasmonics: Fundamentals, Modelling, Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. General Aspects Of Metamaterials And Plasmonics

   1. Handedness in Plasmonics: Electrical Engineer's Perspective

      • Ari Sihvola, Saïd Zouhdi

      Pages 3-20

   2. Bounds on Metamaterials — Theoretical and Experimental Results

      • Gerhard Kristensson, Christer Larsson, Christian Sohl, Mats Gustafsson

      Pages 21-33

3. Transformation Media And Cloaking

   1. Plasmonic Cloaks

      • Andrea Alù, Nader Engheta

      Pages 37-47

   2. Geometrical Transformations for Numerical Modelling and for New Material Design in Photonics

      • André Nicolet, Frédéric Zolla, Yacoub Ould Agha, Sébastien Guenneau

      Pages 49-61

   3. Transformation and Moving Media: A Unified Approach Using Geometric Algebra

      • Marco A. Ribeiro, Carlos R. Paiva

      Pages 63-74

4. Effective Medium Modeling

   1. Homogenization of Split-Ring Arrays, Seen as the Exploitation of Translational Symmetry

      • Alain Bossavit

      Pages 77-90

   2. Mixing Formulas and Plasmonic Composites

      • Henrik Wallén, Henrik Kettunen, Ari Sihvola

      Pages 91-102

5. Applications: Antennas, Absorbers

   1. Applications of EBG in Low Profile Antenna Designs: What Have We Learned?

      • Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Fan Yang

      Pages 105-120

   2. Negative Index Metamaterial Lens for the Scanning Angle Enhancement of Phased-Array Antennas

      • Tai Lam, Claudio Parazzoli, Minas Tanielian

      Pages 121-138

   3. Application of Wire Media in Antenna Technology

      • Silvio Hrabar

      Pages 139-151

   4. Optimization of Radar Absorber Structures Using Genetic Algorithms

      • Nadia Lassouaoui, Habiba Hafdallah Ouslimani, Alain Priou

      Pages 153-164

6. APPLICATIONS: ANTENNAS, ABSORBERS

   1. Design of Metamaterial-Based Resonant Microwave Absorbers with Reduced Thickness and Absence of a Metallic Backing

      • Filiberto Bilotti, Lucio Vegni

      Pages 165-174

7. Metamaterial Elements and Components

   1. Dual-Mode Metamaterial-Based Microwave Components

      • Darren S. Goshi, Anthony Lai, Tatsuo Itoh

      Pages 177-190

   2. Chiral Swiss Rolls

      • Michael Wiltshire

      Pages 191-200

   3. Trapped-Mode Resonances in Planar Metamaterials with High Structural Symmetry

      • Sergey Prosvirnin, Nikitas Papasimakis, Vassili Fedotov, Said Zouhdi, Nikolay Zheludev

      Pages 201-208

   4. Fabricating Plasmonic Components for Nano- and Meta-Photonics

      • Alexandra Boltasseva, Rasmus B. Nielsen, Claus Jeppesen, Anders Kristensen, Reuben Bakker, Zhengtong Liu et al.

      Pages 209-221

   5. Line Source Excitation of an Array of Circular Metamaterial Cylinders: Boundary Value Solution and Applications

      • Bassem H. Henin, Atef Z. Elsherbeni, Mohamed H. Al Sharkawy, Fan Yang

      Pages 223-235

8. Surfaces and Planar Structures

   1. Analytical Modeling of Surface Waves on High Impedance Surfaces

      • Alexander B. Yakovlev, Olli Luukkonen, Constantin R. Simovski, Sergei A. Tretyakov, Simone Paulotto, Paolo Baccarelli et al.

      Pages 239-254

   2. Migration and Collision of Magnetoplasmon Modes in Magnetised Planar Semiconductor-Dielectric Layered Structures

      • Alexander G. Schuchinsky, Xiyu Yan

      Pages 255-266

Metamaterials and plasmonics are cross-disciplinary fields that are emerging into the mainstream of many scientific areas. Examples of scientific and technical fields which are concerned are electrical engineering, micro- and nanotechnology, microwave engineering, optics, optoelectronics, and semiconductor technologies. In plasmonics, the interplay between propagating electromagnetic waves and free-electron oscillations in materials are exploited to create new components and applications. On the other hand, metamaterials refer to artificial composites in which small artificial elements, through their collective interaction, creates a desired and unexpected macroscopic response function that is not present in the constituent materials.

This book charts the state of the art of these fields. In May 2008, world-leading experts in metamaterials and plasmonics gathered into a NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Marrakech, Morocco. The present book contains extended versions of 22 of the presentations held in the workshop, covering the general aspects of the field, as well as design and modelling questions of plasmonics and metamaterials, fabrication issues, and applications like absorbers and antennas.

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From the reviews: “Metamaterials and plasmonics are hot topics of modern optics, each accounting for hundreds of papers in the past few years. This book analyzes the synergies between the two areas of research. … The book contains seven parts, each of which includes contributions by experts in the field addressing devices and applications of plasmonics or metamaterials. … This book is clear and accessible to a large number of readers. … a valuable asset to any library of a university.” (Daniela Dragoman, Optics & Photonics News, September, 2009)

• University Paris Sud, Orsay, France

  Saïd Zouhdi

• Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland

  Ari Sihvola

• Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

  Alexey P. Vinogradov

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