人工电磁材料及其在亚波长集成光学中的应用的中期报告.docx

人工电磁材料及其在亚波长集成光学中的应用的中期报告

Abstract

Thisreportpresentstheprogressofresearchonartificialelectromagneticmaterialsandtheirapplicationsinsubwavelengthintegratedoptics.First,thebasicprinciplesofartificialelectromagneticmaterialsareintroduced,includingthedesignofnegativerefractiveindexmaterialsandmetamaterials.Then,thedevelopmentandfabricationofmetamaterialsarediscussed,includingtheuseoflithographyandothernanofabricationtechniques.Next,severalapplicationsofartificialelectromagneticmaterialsinsubwavelengthintegratedopticsaredescribed,includingsuperlensingandperfectimaging.Finally,thechallengesandopportunitiesforfurtherresearchonartificialelectromagneticmaterialsarediscussed.

Introduction

Artificialelectromagneticmaterialsrefertomaterialsthathavepropertiesnotfoundinnaturallyoccurringmaterials.Thesematerialsaredesignedandfabricatedatthenanoscalelevelbyarrangingstructuresofsubwavelengthsizesinaperiodicoraperiodicmanner.Artificialelectromagneticmaterialshavereceivedconsiderableattentionduetotheiruniqueproperties,suchasnegativerefractiveindex,super-resolutionimaging,andcloaking.Thesepropertieshavethepotentialtorevolutionizethefieldofopticsandphotonicdevices.

Oneofthemostpromisingapplicationsofartificialelectromagneticmaterialsisinsubwavelengthintegratedoptics.Subwavelengthintegratedopticsreferstotheuseofopticalcomponentsthathavedimensionssmallerthanthewavelengthoflight.Thisapproachenablesthedesignofultracompactandhigh-performancephotonicdevices,whichareparticularlyusefulinapplicationssuchasdatacommunicationandsensing.

Inthisreport,wepresenttheprogressofourresearchonartificialelectromagneticmaterialsandtheirapplicationsinsubwavelengthintegratedoptics.

DesignofArtificialElectromagneticMaterials

Thefirststepindesigningartificialelectromagneti