Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Scalable variable-index elasto-optic metamaterials for macroscopic optical components and devices

  • Dongheok Shin,
  • Junhyun Kim,
  • Changwook Kim,
  • Kyuyoung Bae,
  • Seunghwa Baek,
  • Gumin Kang,
  • Yaroslav Urzhumov,
  • David R. Smith,
  • Kyoungsik Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16090
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Large-scale graded-index metamaterial devices are difficult to fabricate owing to limitations of typical micro- and nanofabrication approaches. Here, Shinet al. demonstrate millimetre-scale transformation elements based on elasto-optic metamaterials made from aerogels.