Optical Negative Refraction in Ferrofluids with Magnetocontrollability

被引:94
作者
Gao, Y. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Huang, J. P. [1 ,2 ]
Liu, Y. M. [5 ]
Gao, L. [6 ]
Yu, K. W. [3 ,4 ]
Zhang, X. [5 ]
机构
[1] Fudan Univ, Dept Phys, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
[2] Fudan Univ, Surface Phys Lab, Natl Key Lab, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Phys, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Inst Theoret Phys, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[5] Univ Calif Berkeley, NSF, NSEC, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[6] Soochow Univ, Dept Phys, Suzhou 215006, Peoples R China
关键词
NANOWIRES;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.034501
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We numerically demonstrate optical negative refraction in ferrofluids containing isotropic Fe3O4 nanoparticles, each having an isotropic Ag shell, in the presence of an external dc magnetic field H. The all-angle broadband optical negative refraction with magnetocontrollability arises from H-induced chains or columns. They result in hyperbolic equifrequency contour for transverse magnetic waves propagating in the system. The finite element simulations verify the analyses using the effective medium approximation. Experimental demonstration and potential applications are suggested and discussed.
引用
收藏
页数:4
相关论文
共 26 条
[1]  
[Anonymous], 2001, CLASSICAL ELECTRODYN
[2]  
[Anonymous], ELECTRODYNAMICS CONT
[3]   Backward waves and negative refraction in uniaxial dielectrics with negative dielectric permittivity along the anisotropy axis [J].
Belov, PA .
MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 2003, 37 (04) :259-263
[4]   DIELECTRIC-CONSTANT OF A COMPOSITE-MATERIAL - PROBLEM IN CLASSICAL PHYSICS [J].
BERGMAN, DJ .
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS, 1978, 43 (09) :378-407
[5]   PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES OF MACROSCOPICALLY INHOMOGENEOUS-MEDIA [J].
BERGMAN, DJ ;
STROUD, D .
SOLID STATE PHYSICS: ADVANCES IN RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, VOL 46, 1992, 46 :147-269
[6]   Direct observation of dipolar chains in iron ferrofluids by cryogenic electron microscopy [J].
Butter, K ;
Bomans, PHH ;
Frederik, PM ;
Vroege, GJ ;
Philipse, AP .
NATURE MATERIALS, 2003, 2 (02) :88-91
[7]   Negative refraction by photonic crystals [J].
Cubukcu, E ;
Aydin, K ;
Ozbay, E ;
Foteinopoulou, S ;
Soukoulis, CM .
NATURE, 2003, 423 (6940) :604-605
[8]   Second-harmonic generation with magnetic-field controllabilities [J].
Fan, C. Z. ;
Huang, J. P. .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2006, 89 (14)
[9]   Enhanced nonlinear optical responses of materials: Composite effects [J].
Huang, J. P. ;
Yu, K. W. .
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS, 2006, 431 (03) :87-172
[10]   OPTICAL CONSTANTS OF NOBLE METALS [J].
JOHNSON, PB ;
CHRISTY, RW .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1972, 6 (12) :4370-4379