Nonlinear Properties of Left-Handed Metamaterials

Alexander A. Zharov, Ilya V. Shadrivov, and Yuri S. Kivshar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 037401 – Published 18 July 2003

Abstract

We analyze the properties of microstructured materials with negative refraction, the so-called left-handed metamaterials. We consider a two-dimensional periodic structure created by arrays of wires and split-ring resonators embedded into a nonlinear dielectric, and calculate the effective nonlinear electric permittivity and magnetic permeability. We demonstrate that the hysteresis-type dependence of the magnetic permeability on the field intensity allows changing the material properties from left- to right-handed and back. These effects can be treated as the second-order phase transitions in the transmission properties induced by the variation of an external field.

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  • Received 18 March 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.037401

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Alexander A. Zharov1,2, Ilya V. Shadrivov1, and Yuri S. Kivshar1

  • 1Nonlinear Physics Group, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
  • 2Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia

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Vol. 91, Iss. 3 — 18 July 2003

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