Energy transport in a metamaterial subwavelength open-cavity resonator

We present a theoretical and experimental investigation into the energy transport in a conjugate matched bilayer consisting of ε-negative (ENG) and μ-negative (MNG) slabs. It is proved that the conjugated matched ENG/MNG bilayer is a subwavelength open-cavity resonator, in which the resonance frequency is determined by the complete tunneling condition, and the Q factor increases exponentially with the slab thickness. It is revealed that the wave is not evanescent inside the bilayer, but it is a hybrid of a traveling wave and a reactive standing wave. It is also manifested during the transient wave propagation that the reactive field energy stored inside the bilayer is provided by the incident wave.     

基于传输线的单负材料双层结构的隧穿性质

通过传输线方法实现了负介电常数(ENG)和负磁导率(MNG)材料,并在实验上研究了由两种单负材料组成的双层结构(ENG-MNG)的电磁隧穿性质.结果表明,两种单负材料均不支持电磁波的传播,然而ENG-MNG双层结构在结构的平均介电常数和平均磁导率分别为零的条件下,具有完全隧穿模,并且这一隧穿模不随着结构尺度的改变而改变.在隧穿频率点,通过对ENG-MNG双层结构中电场分布的模拟与测量,实验上观察到了倏逝场的指数放大.     

基于二维特异材料波导的表面电磁波的慢波实验研究

本文在理论分析的基础上,实验研究了二维MNG/DPS/MNG(磁单负材料/双正材料/磁单负材料)表面波波导中的慢波效应.该波导的色散曲线随着电路参数(单元电容)的改变而改变,而且在色散曲线的截止频率点,电磁波的群速度理论上等于零.因此可以通过改变MNG区域的电路参数,得到在不同截止频率的慢波特性.另外,本文还通过改变MNG区域的电路参数实现在某一固定频率下波速度渐变的慢波效应.实验结果与仿真结果相一致.     

Trapping of electromagnetic wave in single-negative metamaterial waveguides

We study the trapping properties of transverse magnetic (TM) waves in single-negative metamaterial waveguides including epsilon-negative (ENG) metamaterial and mu-negative (MNG) metamaterial. The relationship between effective refractive index and reduced core width is analyzed when the permittivities of ENG and MNG metamaterials are different, and the inflection on this curve can be regarded as the trapping point. Simulation results show that the properties in an ENG–MNG–ENG metamaterial waveguide are contrary to that in a MNG–ENG–MNG metamaterial waveguide. The sensitivity of trapping point to the change of permittivity makes the single-negative metamaterial waveguides to be an effective method to detect the permittivity variation and can be used as a new kind of waveguide sensor.     

Numerical simulations of negative-index refraction in a lamellar composite with alternating single negative layers

Negative-index refraction is demonstrated in a lamellar composite with epsilon-negative (ENG) and mu-negative (MNG) materials stacked alternatively. Based on the effective medium approximation, simultaneously negative effective permittivity and permeability of such a lamellar composite are obtained theoretically and further proven by full-wave simulations. Consequently, the renowned left-handed metamaterial comprising split ring resonators and wires is interpreted as an analogy of such ENG--MNG layers. In addition, beyond the effective medium approximation, the propagating field squeezed near the ENG/MNG interface is demonstrated to be left-handed surface waves with backward phase velocity.     

磁单负材料板附近的原子的自发辐射场分布

本文研究了磁单负材料板附近的两能级原子通过自发辐射激发的表面模式及场强分布. 磁单负材料是有效介电常数大于零而磁导率小于零的人工微结构材料. 根据麦克斯韦方程及边界条件, 这种材料板只支持TE极化的表面模式. 本文分析了具有不同磁导率和厚度的磁单负材料板所支持的表面模的性质, 如模式数目和模式的对称性, 进而讨论了这些特性对原子自发辐射场的空间分布的影响. 结果表明原子与磁单负材料板的距离可影响辐射场中表面模的比重, 当表面模起主要贡献时, 在材料板左表面上原子辐射场呈定向发射的分布. 而材料板右表面的辐射场分布取决于表面模的对称性和比重, 如果同时存在对称和反对称的表面模, 右表面的场很弱甚至完全消失, 而如果只存在对称或反对称的表面模, 右表面会有与左表面等强度的辐射场分布. 这些性质与原子在金属表面的辐射场分布明显不同, 我们的结果对原子辐射场的空间控制以及实现简单结构的单光子源有积极意义.     

Pseudo volume plasmon in arrays of doped and un-doped semiconductors

We present a theoretical work which shows that for a metamaterial consisting of a periodic array of doped and un-doped semiconductors it is possible to define a frequency ?? _t corresponding to a pseudo volume plasmon. ?? _t?depends on the thicknesses and on the dielectric constants of the components of the metamaterial and on the plasma frequency of the doped semiconductor. As its homologue in noble metal, the pseudo volume plasmon is the collective oscillation of charges present in the metallic part of the metamaterial leading to a pure longitudinal electric wave. We show that ?? _t is the degeneracy frequency between the anti-symmetric mode in a transverse magnetic field and the mode in a transverse electric field. We demonstrate that this degeneracy is due to the periodicity of the structure, which transforms the imaginary solution of a metal?Cdielectric interface into a real solution in the case of the periodic metamaterial.     

Enhancement of the defect field of one-dimensional photonic crystals containing <Emphasis Type="Italic">ε</Emphasis>-and <Emphasis Type="Italic">μ</Emphasis>-negative layers

Employing the transfer matrix method, we study the electromagnetic field of one-dimensional photonic crystals with a defect inserted by pairs of μ-negative (MNG) and ε-negative (ENG) material layers. The fields within the pairs of layers and the matrix defect are independent of each other, and the whole field is their superposition. The whole defect field can be significantly enhanced by pairs of ε-negative and μ-negative layers. In contrast to the conventional defect modes, the intensity and volume of the defect field with pairs of ε-negative and μ-negative layers can be precisely adjusted.     

Effects of losses on the transmission and reflection in the single-negative materials

In this work, we investigate the angular dependence of transmission and reflection in the single-negative (SNG) materials. We consider a model structure of a SNG bilayer which consists of the epsilon-negative (ENG) and mu-negative (MNG) layers. The wave transmission and reflection properties due to the losses from the ENG and MNG materials are specifically investigated. With the presence of losses in the ENG and MNG materials, some unusual wave properties will be explored and numerically demonstrated.     

Electromagnetic scattering from a perfect electromagnetic conductor circular cylinder coated with a metamaterial having negative permittivity and/or permeability

Electromagnetic scattering of an incident uniform plane wave from a perfect electromagnetic conductor (PEMC) circular cylinder, coated with a metamaterial is investigated theoretically. In the analysis the coating layer may be double-positive (DPS), double-negative (DNG), epsilon-negative (ENG) or mu-negative (MNG). It is assumed that both PEMC cylinder and the coating layer are infinite along the cylinder axis. Both parallel and perpendicular polarization cases are considered for the analysis. Comparison between the monostatic and bistatic echo widths, of a PEMC cylinder coated with metamaterial and coated with ordinary dielectric material (DPS), is presented. The numerical results are compared with the published literature, and comparison is found to be in good agreement.     

Lamellar model of the left-handed metamaterials composed of metallic split-ring resonators and wires

Left-handed materials composed of split ring resonators (SRRs) and wires are investigated in the viewpoint of lamellar composite with epsilon-negative (ENG) and mu-negative (MNG) materials staked alternatively. Several configurations of the SRR-wire metamaterial are numerically simulated to confirm its left-handed response as an analogy to the ENG-MNG lamellar model.     

Optical properties of subwavelength metallic-dielectric multilayers

We present studies on the optical properties of periodic metallic-dielectric (MD) multilayers and numerical results show that there exists, insensitive to the lattice scaling, a transparent band as long as the layer thickness is in the subwavelength ranging. It illustrates the transparent band is controlled by mechanisms beyond the Bragg scattering: the shorter-wavelength band edge comes from the intensive resonant absorption behavior of the metals, while the longer-wavelength band edge is determined by zero (volume) averaged permittivity εeff=0. Moreover, a Lorentz-Drude model for the permittivity of a ε-negative (ENG) metamaterial is used to show that a transparent band may be obtained in a subwavelength structure consisting of ENG multilayers with total length less than both the center wavelength and the half width of the band.     

Tunable characteristics of one dimensional magnetic photonic crystal composed with single-negative materials

In this paper, we present the study of dispersion and transmittance characteristics of one dimensional magnetic photonic crystal composed by single negative indexed materials. For this structure, we have considered magnetic negative (MNG) with ? = 1 and μ < 0 and electric negative (ENG) with ? < 0 and μ = 4. We used simple transfer matrix method and Bloch's theorem for its analytical explanations. Analyzing transmittance characteristics of the proposed structure, we obtain the tunneling of certain frequency range where as the dispersion characteristic shows total forbidden for the same range for TM mode. The tunable property is found inside the band structure due to zero-?, zero-μ and magnetic behavior of the material. To identify zero-? and zero-μ of the structure, we have calculated the dispersion and the transmittance of the magnetic structure of MNG–ENG on different angles of incidence and thickness of layers.     

Analysis of angle-dependent unusual transmission in lossy single-negative (SNG) materials

The properties of unusual transmission as a function of the dissipation factor in single-negative (SNG) materials are theoretically investigated. Using Drude-like expressions for the permittivity in epsilon-negative (ENG) material and the permeability in mu-negative (MNG) material, we investigate the angular dependence of unusual transmission for both transversal electric (TE) and transversal magnetic (TM) waves. Two model structures, a single ENG layer and an ENG–MNG bilayer, are examined. A very different dependence of the incident angle on the transmission is found for these two structures. A discussion of the effect of the polarization of incident waves is also given.     

New microscopic wave function of ��-condensation

We explain how to treat a microscopic wave function of ??-condensation taking a 3??-nucleus as a typical example. The wave function has been originally proposed ten years before by Horiuchi, R?pke, Schuck and the present author (Phys. Rev. Lett., 2001, 87: 192501). The microscopic model, which fully takes into account the Pauli principle between all the constituent nucleons, effective internucleon forces and the Coulomb force, can play an important role in reproducing an ??-gas nature thanks to ??-condensation as an excited state of ??-like nuclei. An essential point of the wave function is to describe their ground state simultaneously. We study its typical features by giving an analytical formula of the norm kernel and the kernel concerning the one-body operator for 3??-condensation.     

One-way absorption properties in asymmetric single-negative-based Cantor photonic crystals

In this work we theoretically study the one-way optical properties in asymmetric triadic-Cantor-set (TCS) photonic crystals (PCs), air/TCSN/G/TCSM/air, where TCSN is the stage N TCS composed of a lossy epsilon-negative (ENG) material and a lossy mu-negative (MNG) material. In addition, the defect layer G is a dielectric. Our results show that the absorption spectra are different in forward and backward propagation. Specially, it is first discovered that the one-way properties will disappear if the layer thicknesses are large. Besides, the layer thickness limit is smaller when the TCS stage is larger. Additionally, comparing with previous studies, we find that the type of interaction between the defect and non-defect modes is decided by the layer materials of the PC structure.     

Metamaterials电磁特性的数值仿真研究

利用HFSS软件，对电磁波在左手材料中的后向波传输、平板成像特性和近零折射率媒质的定向辐射特性进行了全波仿真研究，分别验证了左手材料与近零折射率媒质的上述特性。利用AnsoftDesigner软件，对去掉并联电感和去掉串联电容的、基于微带线的两种简化的左右手复合传输线构成的具有磁单负和电单负特性介质的电磁特性进行了仿真研究，验证了电磁波在匹配的MNG-ENG介质对结构的隧穿特性。     

Nonlinear optical properties of novel tunable, one dimensional molecular superlattice polymers (heteroarylene methines) containing alternating aromatic and quinoid segments

We have investigated the spectral dispersion of second molecular hyperpolarizability ?? (?????; ??, ???, ??) of three derivatives of heteroarylene methine by antiresonant ring interferometric nonlinear spectroscopic technique using femtosecond modelocked Ti:sapphire laser in the spectral range of 725?C820?nm. The observed dispersion of ?? has been explained in the framework of three-essential states model involving the ground state, a one-photon excited state and a two-photon excited state. The spectral response of the hyperpolarizability has been correlated with the electronic and chemical structures of the three derivatives of heteroarylene methine. The estimated ?? values have been compared to the fundamental quantum mechanical limit. We have found for the first time that the heteroarylene methines approach this limit within a factor of 2 while even the best known molecule so far falls short of this limit by a factor of 30.     

On the Traversal Time of Barriers

Fifty years ago Hartman studied the barrier transmission time of wave packets (J Appl Phys 33:3427–3433, 1962). He was inspired by the tunneling experiments across thin insulating layers at that time. For opaque barriers he calculated faster than light propagation and a transmission time independent of barrier length, which is called the Hartman effect. A faster than light (FTL or superluminal) wave packet velocity was deduced in analog tunneling experiments with microwaves and with infrared light thirty years later. Recently, the conjectured zero time of electron tunneling was claimed to have been observed in ionizing helium inside the barrier. The calculated and measured short tunneling time arises at the barrier front. This tunneling time was found to be universal for elastic fields as well as for electromagnetic fields. Remarkable is that the delay time is the same for the reflected and the transmitted waves in the case of symmetric barriers. Several theoretical physicists predicted this strange nature of the tunneling process. However, even with this background many members of the physics community do not accept a FTL signal velocity interpretation of the experimental tunneling results. Instead a luminal front velocity was calculated to explain the FTL experimental results frequently. However, Brillouin stated in his book on wave propagation and group velocity that the front velocity is given by the group velocity of wave packets in the case of physical signals, which have only finite frequency bandwidths. Some studies assumed barriers to be cavities and the observed tunneling time does represent the cavity lifetime. We are going to discus these continuing misleading interpretations, which are found in journals and in textbooks till today.     

Surface modes in an asymmetrical waveguide with dispersive single-negative metamaterial

We study the group-velocity of surface modes which indicates the direction of power propagation by analysis of the dispersion curves in an asymmetrical waveguide with dispersive epsilon-negative (ENG) metamaterial. The expressions of transverse magnetic (TM) surface mode and its magnetic field distribution are derived based on which simulation results are given to discuss the influence of electromagnetic parameters of the constructive material and the configuration of the waveguide on the propagation direction of surface modes.