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Artificial Magnetic Resonators and Potential Applications in Nonlinear Field

Physics 208A Presentation Oct. 18 th , 2004. Artificial Magnetic Resonators and Potential Applications in Nonlinear Field. Yongmin Liu Applied Science & Technology. Outline. Background of Metamaterials Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz Potential Application in Nonlinearity Summary.

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Artificial Magnetic Resonators and Potential Applications in Nonlinear Field

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  1. Physics 208A Presentation Oct. 18th, 2004 Artificial Magnetic Resonators and Potential Applications in Nonlinear Field Yongmin Liu Applied Science & Technology

  2. Outline • Background of Metamaterials • Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz • Potential Application in Nonlinearity • Summary

  3. What are Metamaterials? Artificially fabricated structures or media that exhibit electrodynamic properties not found in naturally occurring materials. * Dimension of the unit cell is less than the wavelength of excitation EM wave, thus the effective-media theorem can be applied. Why Metamaterials are Interesting? * We can design and control the properties of materials. Some novel properties, such as negative electric permittivity, negative magnetic permeability, negative refractive index etc. have been explored.

  4. Negative Permittivity The permittivity of metal is given by Plasma frequency: (typically in the UV region) where n is the electron density, and me is the electron mass Damping factor: where s is the electric conductivity In the visible region, e(w) is negative for most metals. At lower frequencies, permittivity is imaginary.

  5. Negative Permittivity (cont’d) radius of wire: lattice constant: Negative e with small loss in low frequencies can be achieved by metallic wire lattice Pendry J.B. et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4773 (1996)

  6. Negative Permeability Magnetism originates from 1) orbital motion of electrons 2) unpaired electron spins The magnetic response of most nature materials fades away in GHz region. Artificial magnetism can be realized by conducting, nonmagnetic split-ring resonators. The magnetic response is able to extend to THz, even higher frequency with large positive or negative permeability. Negative m can be achieved by split-ring resonator (SRR) Will discuss in detail later !

  7. Left-handed Materials (LHM) with Negative Refractive Index (NIR) Refractive index: When e < 0 and m < 0 simultaneously, we have to choose Maxwell’s equation: n > 0 (e > 0 , m > 0) n < 0 (e < 0 , m < 0) E E k k S S H H Right handed materials (RHM) Left handed materials (LHM)

  8. RHM k S LHM LHM with NRI (cont’d) Exotic properties of LHM: 1. Snell’s law: Negative refraction ! 2. Flat superlens Z Diffraction-limit (dmin~l) free ! Fourier Expansion of 2D object: Propagating waves: Evanescent waves: Veselago V.G. Sov. Phys.10, 509 (1968); Pendry J. B. PRL 85, 3966 (2000)

  9. LHM with NRI (cont’d) Artificially engineered metamaterials implements the concept of LHM! Photograph of LHM Negative refraction by LHM prism Shelby R. A. et al., Science 292, 77 (2001); Smith D. R. et al., Science 305, 788 (2004)

  10. LHM with NRI (cont’d) Imaging properties of LHM Electric field of a point source focused by a LHM slab Simulation of subwavelength imging by FDTD Imaging experiment in microwave region Houck A. A. et al. PRL 90, 137401 (2003); Kolinko P. et al. Opt Exp 11, 640 (2003)

  11. LHM with NRI (cont’d) Metamaterials open a new field in physics, engineering material science and optics! Negative refraction is among the Top 10 highlights of 2003 by Physicsweb http://physics.ucsd.edu/~drs/ Prof. Smith D.R. in UCSD

  12. Outline • Background of Metamaterials • Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz • Potential Application in Nonlinearity • Summary

  13. 2r a Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz • Concept: • The magnetic-flux induced current loop to form magnetic dipole. • The intrinsic conductance and inductance will cause strong paramagnetic or diamagnetic activity around the resonance frequency. + + + _ _ _ H + + + _ _ _ Pendry J.B. et al, IEEE MTT 47, 2075 (1999)

  14. Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz (cont’d) Current distribution of SRR simulated by Microwave Studio

  15. Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz (cont’d) H-field of SRR simulated by Microwave Studio

  16. Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz Resonance frequency: Magnetic plasma frequency: Typical value: Dispersion of meff with frequency Pendry J.B. et al, IEEE MTT 47, 2075 (1999)

  17. G: gap Sample S: space L :length W: width 50um Cu Au/Ti quartz Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz (cont’d) L:26mm, S:10mm, W:4mm d=L+S, G: 2mm, s:1.5x103W Ye T.J. et al., Science 303, 1494 (2004)

  18. Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz (cont’d) IR I0 q=30o Experimentally and theoretically ellipsometric results

  19. Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz (cont’d) Near-infrared (45THz) magnetic resonance is achieved by novel design. Final goal is visible region.

  20. Outline • Background of Metamaterials • Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz • Potential Application in Nonlinearity • Summary

  21. Potential Application in Nonlinearity Extremely high intensity is the key to nonlinear phenomena! Brabec T et al., Rev. Mod. Phys. 72, 545 (2000)

  22. Potential Application in Nonlinearity (cont’d) When resonance takes place, the energy is strongly localized inside the small resonators. Local fields can be many orders higher than that in free space. For a capacitor of , one single photon can create an electric field about 108V/cm. Localized E-filed with 103 times larger than the external field.

  23. Potential Application in Nonlinearity (cont’d) Embed the magnetic resonator into dielectric matrix whose permittivity is intensity-dependent. • Two aspects of the nonlinear response: • The strong localized field changes the dielectric permittivity, since eD = eD (|E|2) • Nonlinear eigenfrequency adjusts correspondingly due to the change of capacitance. • External H fieldIntensity of the local E fieldValue of permittivity Capacitance  Eigenfrequency

  24. Potential Application in Nonlinearity (cont’d) Effect nonlinear permittivity: Effective permeability: where Consider Kerr nonlinearity: Ec is a characteristic electric field, and corresponds to focusing or defocusing nonlinearity respectively. Zharov A.A. et al., PRL 91, 037401 (2003)

  25. Potential Application in Nonlinearity (cont’d) w0is the eigenfrequency in linear limit Jump of meff due to external H field Transition of meff from – to +

  26. Outline • Background of Metamaterials • Artificial Magnetic Resonators at THz • Potential Application in Nonlinearity • Summary

  27. Summary • The unprecedented properties associated with metamaterials, such as negative refraction, superlensing etc. are reviewed. • The principle of achieving negative permeability, which is critical in realizing LHM is interpreted. Magnetic resonators with resonance frequency above THz is successfully demonstrated. • The strong localized field inside the resonator can cause nonlinear effect. As one example, the hysteresis-type dependence of the magnetic permeability on the field intensity is theoretically studied. • It is the right time to start the new topic--nonlinear effects in metamaterials. The engineering of nonlinear composite materials will open a number of applications such as swithers, frequnecy multipliers etc.

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