Authors

J. D. Archangel; E. Tucker; E. Kinzel; E. A. Muller; H. A. Bechtel; M. C. Martin; M. B. Raschke;G. Boreman

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Express

Keywords

PHASE DISCONTINUITIES; LIGHT-PROPAGATION; METAMATERIALS; ABSORPTION; FREQUENCY; Optics

Abstract

Optical metamaterials have unique properties which result from geometric confinement of the optical conductivity. We developed a series of infrared metasurfaces based on an array of metallic square loop antennas. The far-field absorption spectrum can be designed with resonances across the infrared by scaling the geometric dimensions. We measure the amplitude and phase of the resonant mode as standing wave patterns within the square loops using scattering-scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM). Further, using a broad-band synchrotron-based FTIR microscope and s-SNOM at the Advanced Light Source, we are able to correlate far-field spectra to near-field modes of the metasurface as the resonance is tuned between samples. The results highlight the importance of multimodal imaging for the design and characterization of optical metamaterials.

Journal Title

Optics Express

Volume

21

Issue/Number

14

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

17150

Last Page

17160

WOS Identifier

WOS:000321819400090

ISSN

1094-4087

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