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On-chip zero-index metamaterials
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Metamaterials with a refractive index of zero exhibit physical properties such as infinite phase velocity and wavelength. However, there is no way to implement these materials on a photonic chip, restricting the investigation and application of zero-index phenomena to simple shapes and small scales. We designed and fabricated an on-chip integrated metamaterial with a refractive index of zero in the optical regime. Light refracts perpendicular to the facets of a prism made of this metamaterial, directly demonstrating that the index of refraction is zero. The metamaterial consists of low-aspect-ratio silicon pillar arrays embedded in a polymer matrix and clad by gold films. This structure can be fabricated using standard planar processes over a large area in arbitrary shapes and can efficiently couple to photonic integrated circuits and other optical elements. This novel on-chip metamaterial platform opens the door to exploring the physics of zero index and its applications in integrated optics. Most metamaterial experiments occur in bulk transmission geometries. Here researchers demonstrate integrated in-plane zero-index metamaterials.
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- Li, Y., Kita, S., Muñoz, P., Reshef, O., Vulis, D. I., Yin, M., Lončar, M., & Mazur, E.
- Venue
- Nature Photonics
- Published
- 2015-10-19
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 738-742
- ISSN
- 1749-4885 (ISSN-L)
- 1749-4893
- OpenAlex
- W1826366340
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- 403
- References
- 32
- FWCI
- 14.10
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- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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