Optimization Design of Electromagnetic Nihility Nanoparticles

Nihility material is a medium whose relative permittivity and permeability tend to zero simultaneously. In this work, comparing with the scattering properties of perfect nihility nanoparticles (made from nihility material), we provide an optimization design of electromagnetic nihility nanoparticles,...

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Published inChinese physics letters Vol. 33; no. 9; pp. 68 - 72
Main Author 解亚明 刘昌宇 丁泽军 王治国
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.2016
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ISSN0256-307X
1741-3540
DOI10.1088/0256-307X/33/9/094208

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Summary:Nihility material is a medium whose relative permittivity and permeability tend to zero simultaneously. In this work, comparing with the scattering properties of perfect nihility nanoparticles (made from nihility material), we provide an optimization design of electromagnetic nihility nanoparticles, which is a coated hybrid nanosphere constituted by commutative c-negative (ENG) and μ-negative (MNG) media. Compared to a single ENG or MNG nanosphere, it is found that the total and back scattering spectra of coated hybrid nanospheres are much closer to those of perfect nihility nanospheres. Moreover, it is observed that the scattered electromagnetic field distribution of coated hybrid nanospheres is identical to that of perfect nihility nanospheres. These results indicate that the combination of commutative ENG and MNG media can constitute a composite structure which gives the closest approximation of electromagnetic scattering of perfect nihility nanospheres in a wide frequency range.
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Nihility material is a medium whose relative permittivity and permeability tend to zero simultaneously. In this work, comparing with the scattering properties of perfect nihility nanoparticles (made from nihility material), we provide an optimization design of electromagnetic nihility nanoparticles, which is a coated hybrid nanosphere constituted by commutative c-negative (ENG) and μ-negative (MNG) media. Compared to a single ENG or MNG nanosphere, it is found that the total and back scattering spectra of coated hybrid nanospheres are much closer to those of perfect nihility nanospheres. Moreover, it is observed that the scattered electromagnetic field distribution of coated hybrid nanospheres is identical to that of perfect nihility nanospheres. These results indicate that the combination of commutative ENG and MNG media can constitute a composite structure which gives the closest approximation of electromagnetic scattering of perfect nihility nanospheres in a wide frequency range.
Ya-Ming Xie1,2, Chang-Yu Liu3, Ze-Jun Ding4,1, Zhi-Guo Wang3,2( 1 Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 2Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193 3School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092 4 Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026)
ISSN:0256-307X
1741-3540
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/33/9/094208