Metamaterials, artificial electromagnetic media achieved by structuring on the subwave-length-scale were initially suggested for the negative index and superlensing. They became a paradigm for engineering electromagnetic space and controlling propagation of waves. The research agenda is now shifting on achieving tuneable, switchable, nonlinear and sensing functionalities. The time has come to talk about the emerging research field of metadevices employing active and tunable metamaterials with unique functionalities achieved by structuring of functional matter on the subwave-length scale. This book presents the first systematic and comprehensive summary of the reviews written by the pioneers and top-class experts in the field of metamaterials. It addresses many grand challenges of the cutting edge research for creating smaller and more efficient photonic structures and devices.
Author(s): Ilya V. Shadrivov, Mikhail Lapine, Yuri S. Kivshar (eds.)
Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 200
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 324
Tags: Semiconductors; Optical and Electronic Materials; Structural Materials; Applied and Technical Physics
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
A Constitutive Description of Nonlinear Metamaterials Through Electric, Magnetic, and Magnetoelectric Nonlinearities....Pages 1-19
Active and Applied Functional RF Metamaterials....Pages 21-33
Parametric Amplification of Magneto-Inductive Waves....Pages 35-58
Coupled Electromagnetic and Elastic Dynamics in Metamaterials....Pages 59-87
Nonlinear and Tunable Left-Handed Transmission Lines....Pages 89-103
Optimization Strategies for Second-Order Nonlinear Metamaterials....Pages 105-116
Nonlinear Optical Interactions in $$\varepsilon $$ ε -Near-Zero Materials: Second and Third Harmonic Generation....Pages 117-131
Nonlinear Optical Effects in Positive-Negative Refractive Index Materials....Pages 133-160
From ‘Trapped Rainbow’ Slow Light to Spatial Solitons....Pages 161-191
Nonlinear Optics with Backward Waves....Pages 193-215
Tailoring Nonlinear Interactions in Metamaterials....Pages 217-235
Metamaterials Tunable with Liquid Crystals....Pages 237-253
Superconducting Quantum Metamaterials....Pages 255-279
Nonlinear Localization in Metamaterials....Pages 281-301
Field Enhancement with Classical Electromagnetically Induced Transparency....Pages 303-319
Back Matter....Pages 321-324
