Roadmap On Optical Metamaterials

Keywords

metamaterials; metasurfaces; nanophotonics; structured materials

Abstract

Optical metamaterials have redefined how we understand light in notable ways: from strong response to optical magnetic fields, negative refraction, fast and slow light propagation in zero index and trapping structures, to flat, thin and perfect lenses. Many rules of thumb regarding optics, such as μ = 1, now have an exception, and basic formulas, such as the Fresnel equations, have been expanded. The field of metamaterials has developed strongly over the past two decades. Leveraging structured materials systems to generate tailored response to a stimulus, it has grown to encompass research in optics, electromagnetics, acoustics and, increasingly, novel hybrid material responses. This roadmap is an effort to present emerging fronts in areas of optical metamaterials that could contribute and apply to other research communities. By anchoring each contribution in current work and prospectively discussing future potential and directions, the authors are translating the work of the field in selected areas to a wider community and offering an incentive for outside researchers to engage our community where solid links do not already exist.

Publication Date

9-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volume

18

Issue

9

Document Type

Editorial Material

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/18/9/093005

Socpus ID

84988359601 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84988359601

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