Group theoretical description of artificial electromagnetic metamaterials.
Published
Journal Article
Point group theoretical methods are used to determine the electromagnetic properties of metamaterials, based solely upon the symmetries of the underlying constituent particles. From the transformation properties of an electromagnetic (EM) basis under symmetries of the particles, it is possible to determine, (i) the EM modes of the particles, (ii) the form of constitutive relations (iii) magneto-optical response of a metamaterial or lack thereof. Based upon these methods, we predict an ideal planar artificial magnetic metamaterial, and determine the subset of point groups of which particles must belong to in order to yield an isotropic 3D magnetic response, and we show an example.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Padilla, WJ
Published Date
- February 2007
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 15 / 4
Start / End Page
- 1639 - 1646
PubMed ID
- 19532398
Pubmed Central ID
- 19532398
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1094-4087
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1094-4087
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1364/oe.15.001639
Language
- eng