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For microwave radiation, the features are on the order of millimeters. Microwave frequency metamaterials are usually constructed as arrays of electrically conductive elements (such as loops of wire) that have suitable inductive and capacitive characteristics. Many microwave metamaterials use split-ring resonators. [5] [6]
His work also anticipated the split-ring resonator, a fabricated periodic structure that is a common workhorse for metamaterials. [34] Kock, however, did not investigate the simultaneous occurrence of negative values of ε and μ, which has become one of the first achievements defining modern metamaterials.
[6] [7] In metamaterials, cells take the role of atoms in a material that is homogeneous at scales larger than the cells, yielding an effective medium model. [3] [4] [8] [6] [9] Some photonic metamaterials exhibit magnetism at high frequencies, resulting in strong magnetic coupling. This can produce a negative index of refraction in the optical ...
Taking thermal metamaterials as an example, the characteristic length for conductive thermal metamaterials is the thermal diffusion length. [24] Convective thermal metamaterials are characterized by the migration length of the fluid, while radiative thermal metamaterials hinge on the wavelength of thermal radiation.
While early mechanical metamaterials had regular repeats of simple unit cell structures, increasingly complex units and architectures are now being explored. Mechanical metamaterials can be seen as a counterpart to the rather well-known family of optical metamaterials and electromagnetic metamaterials. Mechanical properties, including ...
Nonlinear metamaterials, a type of metamaterial, are being developed in order to manipulate electromagnetic radiation in new ways. Optical and electromagnetic properties of natural materials are often altered through chemistry. With metamaterials optical and electromagnetic properties can be engineered through the geometry of its unit cells.
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Quantum metamaterials apply the science of metamaterials and the rules of quantum mechanics to control electromagnetic radiation.In the broad sense, a quantum metamaterial is a metamaterial in which certain quantum properties of the medium must be taken into account and whose behaviour is thus described by both Maxwell's equations and the Schrödinger equation.