Metamaterial broadband angular selectivity

Shen, Yichen; Ye, Dexin; Wang, Li; Celanovic, Ivan; Ran, Lixin; Joannopoulos, John D.; Soljačić, Marin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.125422

Title: Metamaterial broadband angular selectivity

Journal Article · Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.125422· OSTI ID:1385297

Shen, Yichen ^[1]; Ye, Dexin ^[2]; Wang, Li ^[3]; Celanovic, Ivan ^[1]; Ran, Lixin ^[2]; Joannopoulos, John D. ^[1]; Soljačić, Marin ^[1]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
Wuhan Univ., Wuhan (China)

We reveal how broadband angular selectivity can be achieved with stacks of one-dimensionally periodic photonic crystals, each consisting of alternating isotropic layers and effective anisotropic layers, where each effective anisotropic layer is constructed from a multilayered metamaterial. We demonstrate that by simply changing the structure of the metamaterials, the selective angle can be tuned to a broad range of angles; and, by increasing the number of stacks, the angular transmission window can be made as narrow as desired. As a proof of principle, we realize the idea experimentally in the microwave regime. The angular selectivity and tunability we report here can have various applications such as in directional control of electromagnetic emitters and detectors.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577

OSTI ID:: 1385297

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1180013

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 90, Issue 12; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; ISSN 1098-0121

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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