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McCoy Lecture: Transforming Light with Metamaterials: A New Paradigm for the Science of Light
Online Presentations | 15 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev
One of the most unique properties of light is that it can package information into a signal of zero mass and propagate it at the ultimate speed. It is, however, a daunting challenge to bring photonic devices to the nanometer scale because of the fundamental diffraction limit. Metamaterials can...
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BNC Annual Research Review: Transforming Light with Metamaterials
Online Presentations | 15 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev
One of the most unique properties of light is that it can package information into a signal of zero mass and propagate it at the ultimate speed. It is, however, a daunting challenge to bring photonic devices to the nanometer scale because of the fundamental diffraction limit. Metamaterials can...
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Transformation Optics at Optical Frequencies
Online Presentations | 03 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: John Pendry
Metamaterials, i.e. artificial materials with rationally designedgeometry, composition, and arrangement of nanostructured building blocksare opening a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties andfunctionalities that are unattainable with naturally occurringmaterials....
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Metamaterials with low loss and gain
Online Presentations | 28 Jan 2010 | Contributor(s):: Mikhail A. Noginov
Optical loss caused by absorption in metal and a need for active control are among the major challenges of plasmonic metamaterials. Both can be addressed by utilizing optical gain. Recent efforts aimed at the reduction of loss and the stimulated emission in nanoplasmonic systems with gain will be...
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Illinois 2009 nano-biophotonics Summer School, Lecture 20: Squeezing Photons (and Sound) Into Metamaterials
Presentation Materials | 09 Nov 2009 | Contributor(s):: Nick Fang
Squeezing Photons and Sound Into MetamaterialsTopics: From Microscope to Nanoscope The Diffraction Limit Near Field Optical Superlensing Physics of Surface Plasmon How to Build An Optical Superlens Surface Energy Mediated Growth of Ag Demonstration of Plasmonic Nanoscope Development of Superlens...
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Illinois 2009 nano-biophotonics Summer School, Lecture 11: Plasmonics, Metamaterials
Online Presentations | 28 Oct 2009 | Contributor(s):: Nick Fang
Plasmonics, Meta-MaterialsTopics: New Frontiers of Photonics What Are Meta-Materials? Electromagnetic Meta-Materials Effective Medium Properties Plasmonic "Atoms" and "Crystals" Plasmonic Response Physics of Surface Plasmon Artificial Magnetism Split Ring Resonators The Swiss Roll Structure...
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PhotonicsSHA-2D: Modeling of Single-Period Multilayer Optical Gratings and Metamaterials
Tools | 23 Jun 2009 | Contributor(s):: Xingjie Ni, Zhengtong Liu, Fan Gu, Marcos Gabriel Pacheco, Joshua Borneman, Alexander V. Kildishev
Frequency domain simulation of single-period multilayer gratings and optical metamaterials upon TE/TM plane-wave incidence at arbitrary angles
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Hyperlens Layer Designer
Tools | 03 Jun 2008 | Contributor(s):: Matt Swanson, Alexander V. Kildishev, Xingjie Ni
Design a hyperlens using concentric cylindrical layers of various materials
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Hyperlens Design Solver
Tools | 18 Jun 2008 | Contributor(s):: Matt Swanson, Xingjie Ni, zubin jacob, Alexander V. Kildishev
Simulates a cylindrical hyperlens design to obtain resulting field intensities
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NCN Nanophotonics: Tutorials
Series | 20 Jun 2008
From among the many tutorial lectures available on the nanoHUB, we list a few that convey new approaches to optics, metamaterials, and photonics.
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NCN Nanophotonics: Simulation Tools for Education and Research
Series | 20 Jun 2008
Please find an updated list of nanophotonic related simulation tools and resources at the Nnaophotonics Education Group.
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Metamaterials, Part 3: Cloaking and Transformation Optics
Online Presentations | 01 May 2008 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev
Part 3/3. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field and significant progress...
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Metamaterials, Part 2: Negative-Index, Nonlinear Optics and Super/Hyper-Lenses
Online Presentations | 01 May 2008 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev
Part 2/3. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field and significant progress...
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Metamaterials, Part 1: Electrical and Magnetic Metamaterials
Online Presentations | 01 May 2008 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev
Part 1/3. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field and significant progress...
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Metamaterials: A New Paradigm of Physics and Engineering
Courses | 01 May 2008 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev
Three part lecture on metamaterials. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field...
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Transmission of images with subwavelength resolution to distances of several wavelengths in microwave, terahertz and infrared ranges
Online Presentations | 08 Apr 2008 | Contributor(s):: Pavel Belov
The resolution of conventional imaging systems is restricted by thediffraction limit: the details smaller than half-wavelength of radiationcannot be resolved. Using novel engineered media with extreme opticalanisotropy and their waveguiding properties it is possible to overcomethe classical limit...
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Plasmonic Metamaterials: Unusual Optics and Applications
Online Presentations | 28 Feb 2008 | Contributor(s):: Igor Smolyaninov
Surface plasmon-polaritons (or plasmons) are collective excitations of the conduction electrons and the electromagnetic field on the surface of such good metals as gold and silver. Near the frequency of surface plasmon resonance plasmons may perceive regular dielectrics as negative index...
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Some Remarks to Electrodynamics of Materials with Negative Refraction
Online Presentations | 26 Jun 2007 | Contributor(s):: Victor G. Veselago
The negative refraction coefficient n < 0 can be introduced for isotropic materials with anti-parallel directions of phase and group velocities. If some of material can be described by negative n it will have also negative values of both (electrical ε and magnetic μ) permeabilities. In materials...
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Victor Veselago Interview on Nanotechnology and Photonics
Online Presentations | 26 Jun 2007 | Contributor(s):: Victor G. Veselago, Phillip Fiorini
Nanotechnology and photonics interview with Phillip Fiorini.
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ECE 695s Lecture 15: Metamaterials: Giving Light the Second Hand, Part 2
Online Presentations | 20 Nov 2006 | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev
A subsequent version of this lecture is available in a three lecture short course Metamaterials: A New Paradigm of Physics and Engineering.