Broadband metamaterials and metasurfaces: a review from the perspectives of materials and devices

• Main Authors: Jung Joonkyo, Park Hyeonjin, Park Junhyung, Chang Taeyong, Shin Jonghwa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2020-06-01
• Series: Nanophotonics
• Subjects: broadband; broadband absorber; broadband metalens; constitutive parameter; metamaterial; metamaterial-based device
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2020-0111

Metamaterials can possess extraordinary properties not readily available in nature. While most of the early metamaterials had narrow frequency bandwidth of operation, many recent works have focused on how to implement exotic properties and functions over broad bandwidth for practical applications. Here, we provide two definitions of broadband operation in terms of effective material properties and device functionality, suitable for describing materials and devices, respectively, and overview existing broadband metamaterial designs in such two categories. Broadband metamaterials with nearly constant effective material properties are discussed in the materials part, and broadband absorbers, lens, and hologram devices based on metamaterials and metasurfaces are discussed in the devices part.