Intrinsic left-handed electromagnetic properties in anisotropic superconductors

Lin, Shi-Zeng; Chen, Hou-Tong

doi:10.1063/1.4982877

Title: Intrinsic left-handed electromagnetic properties in anisotropic superconductors

Journal Article · Thu Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982877· OSTI ID:1463475

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Left-handed materials usually are realized in artificial subwavelength structures. In this, we show that some anisotropic superconductors such as Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ, YBa₂Cu_xO_y, and La_2-xSr_xCuO₄, are intrinsic left-handed materials. The condition is that the plasma frequency in the c axis, ω_c, and in the ab plane, ω_ab, and the operating angular frequency, ω, satisfy ω_c < ω < ω_ab. In addition, ω should be smaller than the superconducting energy gap to sustain superconductivity. We study the reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves and reveal negative refraction and the backward wave with the phase velocity opposite to the direction of energy flux propagation. We also discuss possible approaches for improvement, making these properties feasible for experimental validation. Being intrinsic left-hand materials, the anisotropic superconductors are promising for applications in functional electromagnetic devices in the terahertz frequency band.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1463475

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-22274

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 110, Issue 17; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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