Negative Refraction and Planar Focusing Based on Parity-Time Symmetric Metasurfaces

作者:Fleury Romain; Sounas Dimitrios L; Alu Andrea*
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2014, 113(2): 023903.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.023903

摘要

We introduce a new mechanism to realize negative refraction and planar focusing using a pair of parity-time symmetric metasurfaces. In contrast to existing solutions that achieve these effects with negative-index metamaterials or phase conjugating surfaces, the proposed parity-time symmetric lens enables loss-free, all-angle negative refraction and planar focusing in free space, without relying on bulk metamaterials or nonlinear effects. This concept may represent a pivotal step towards loss-free negative refraction and highly efficient planar focusing by exploiting the largely uncharted scattering properties of parity-time symmetric systems.

  • 出版日期2014-7-10