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Fabricating Metamaterials Using the Fiber Drawing Method
Published on: October 18, 2012
Stand-up magnetic metamaterials at terahertz frequencies
Kebin Fan1, Andrew C Strikwerda, Hu Tao
1Boston University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Abstract:
We present a detailed study of non-planar or 'stand-up' split ring resonators operating at terahertz frequencies. Based on a facile multilayer electroplating fabrication, this technique can create large area split ring resonators on both rigid substrates and conformally compliant structures. In agreement with simulation results, the characterization of these metamaterials shows a strong response induced purely by the magnetic field. The retrieved parameters also exhibit negative permeability values over a broad frequency span. The extracted parameters exhibit bianisotropy due to the symmetry breaking of the substrate, and this effect is investigated for both single and broad side coupled split rings. Our 3D metamaterial examples pave the way towards numerous potential applications in the terahertz region of the spectrum.
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