Anomalous Propagation in Low Index Contrast Metamaterials: Assessment of the Beam Collimation Condition

Anomalous beam propagation in low index-contrast metamaterials has been analyzed. The condition for a well-collimated beam is found to be depending on the beam width and the pertinent Fourier component of the dielectric function. Guided by this condition, an ultra-compact metamaterial structure is d...

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Main Authors: Jun Tan, Weiwei Song, Wei Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Optics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/120731
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description Anomalous beam propagation in low index-contrast metamaterials has been analyzed. The condition for a well-collimated beam is found to be depending on the beam width and the pertinent Fourier component of the dielectric function. Guided by this condition, an ultra-compact metamaterial structure is designed to deflect a light beam at a wide angle. The structure is tolerant to structural parameter deviation and has a wide bandwidth.
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spelling doaj-art-cd3da7995dc342c8bc4720017a8dc81a2025-08-20T03:19:34ZengWileyInternational Journal of Optics1687-93841687-93922012-01-01201210.1155/2012/120731120731Anomalous Propagation in Low Index Contrast Metamaterials: Assessment of the Beam Collimation ConditionJun Tan0Weiwei Song1Wei Jiang2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USAAnomalous beam propagation in low index-contrast metamaterials has been analyzed. The condition for a well-collimated beam is found to be depending on the beam width and the pertinent Fourier component of the dielectric function. Guided by this condition, an ultra-compact metamaterial structure is designed to deflect a light beam at a wide angle. The structure is tolerant to structural parameter deviation and has a wide bandwidth.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/120731
spellingShingle Jun Tan
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Anomalous Propagation in Low Index Contrast Metamaterials: Assessment of the Beam Collimation Condition
International Journal of Optics
title Anomalous Propagation in Low Index Contrast Metamaterials: Assessment of the Beam Collimation Condition
title_full Anomalous Propagation in Low Index Contrast Metamaterials: Assessment of the Beam Collimation Condition
title_fullStr Anomalous Propagation in Low Index Contrast Metamaterials: Assessment of the Beam Collimation Condition
title_full_unstemmed Anomalous Propagation in Low Index Contrast Metamaterials: Assessment of the Beam Collimation Condition
title_short Anomalous Propagation in Low Index Contrast Metamaterials: Assessment of the Beam Collimation Condition
title_sort anomalous propagation in low index contrast metamaterials assessment of the beam collimation condition
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/120731
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