Negative Refraction in the Optical Range and Left-Handed Photonics

Abstract

In this project, we were concerned primarily with studying the physical phenomena, devices and designs related to negative refraction in the optical frequency range. We used theoretical work, computer simulations, and experimental studies to further the understanding of negative refraction in the high sought-after optical range. Our work has brought a number of significant advances, including experimental demonstrations of negative refraction well into the visible range to advanced designs in hyperlens and cloaking devices. The physics and repercussions of negative refraction in nonlinear optical systems has also been considered in our work, with the goal of understanding this newly opened and extremely exciting field of optics research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 2009
Accession Number
ADA510034

Entities

People

  • Vladimir Shalaev

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Metamaterials
  • Negative Index Metamaterials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Particle Swarm Optimization
  • Photonic Metamaterials
  • Physics
  • Plasmonic Metamaterials
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Surface Plasmons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design