Optical magnetism in planar metamaterial heterostructures

Most natural materials do not have a magnetic response at optical frequencies and inducing optical magnetism by metamaterials typically requires complex nanostructures. Here, Papadakis et al. show that artificial optical magnetism can also be achieved with planar multilayer metamaterials.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Georgia T. Papadakis, Dagny Fleischman, Artur Davoyan, Pochi Yeh, Harry A. Atwater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02589-8
Description
Summary:Most natural materials do not have a magnetic response at optical frequencies and inducing optical magnetism by metamaterials typically requires complex nanostructures. Here, Papadakis et al. show that artificial optical magnetism can also be achieved with planar multilayer metamaterials.
ISSN:2041-1723