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Direct Imaging of Laser-driven Ultrafast Molecular Rotation
Published on: February 4, 2017
メタマテリアルにおける光の同時に負の相と群速度
Gunnar Dolling1, Christian Enkrich, Martin Wegener
1Institut für Angewandte Physik and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-Center for Functional Nanostructures, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. gunnar.dolling@physik.uni-karlsruhe.de
まとめ
フェムト秒のレーザーパルスが,陰性折射率のメタマテリアルを通って光より速く移動することを観察しました. 両方とも波の波長である.
科学分野:
- * 物理学について
- * 光学について
- * マテリアルサイエンス
背景:
- * メタマテリアルには,天然の材料にはないユニークな光学特性があります.
- * ネガティブ・リフレクション・インデックスの材料は,光の伝播に関する従来の理解に挑戦します.
- * メタマテリアルの光物質相互作用を理解することは,先進光学にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- * フェムト秒レーザーパルスの伝播ダイナミクスを,陰性屈折指数メタマテリアルで調査する.
- * 実験的に光パルスの相およびグループ時間遅延を測定する.
- * 負相とグループ速度を同時に示すために.
主な方法:
- * マイケルソン干渉計のセットアップを使用して,干渉フリンジを介して相時間遅延を測定します.
- *パルスエンベロープのシフトを分析して,グループ時間遅延を決定する.
- *フェムト秒のレーザーパルスを利用し,波長1.5ミクロメートルの周りを中心にしました.
主要な成果:
- * 段階時間遅延の直接推論とグループ時間遅延の決定.
- *相速度と群速度の両方が負であるスペクトル領域の観測.
- * 超光の伝播の実験的証拠は,パルス成分が材料に入る前に発生するものです.
結論:
- * フェムト秒レーザーパルスは,特定のメタマテリアルの負相およびグループ速度で伝播することができる.
- *この現象は,パルス構成要素の光速より速い伝送を可能にします.
- *この発見は,異国的な光の伝播と,光学機器における潜在的な応用に関する理解に意味を持つ.
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