Optical nonlocalities and additional waves in epsilon-near-zero metamaterials

We analyze the optical properties of plasmonic nanorod metamaterials in the epsilon-near-zero regime and show, both theoretically and experimentally, that the performance of these composites is strongly affected by nonlocal response of the effective permittivity tensor. We provide the evidence of in...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 102; no. 12; p. 127405
Main Authors Pollard, R J, Murphy, A, Hendren, W R, Evans, P R, Atkinson, R, Wurtz, G A, Zayats, A V, Podolskiy, Viktor A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 27.03.2009
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Summary:We analyze the optical properties of plasmonic nanorod metamaterials in the epsilon-near-zero regime and show, both theoretically and experimentally, that the performance of these composites is strongly affected by nonlocal response of the effective permittivity tensor. We provide the evidence of interference between main and additional waves propagating in the room-temperature nanorod metamaterials and develop an analytical description of this phenomenon. Additional waves are present in the majority of low-loss epsilon-near-zero structures and should be explicitly considered when designing applications of epsilon-near-zero composites, as they represent a separate communication channel.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.127405