All Dielectric Terahertz Left-Handed Metamaterial Based on Mie Resonance Coupling Effects

Abstract

Precise control of a coupling effect is critical for space-limited communication system applications. Dielectric metamaterials, which derive their electromagnetic properties from subwavelength structures, have emerged as a promising way to tune coupling effect due to their complex resonant modes. However, it has not yet achieved quantitative control of coupling effects in metamaterial designs, which is important for advanced engineering applications such as artificial intelligence antenna and reconfigurable camouflage. In this paper, all dielectric left-handed metamaterial operating in THz band based on the deep coupling of higher mode Mie resonance is presented. Distinguished from those designs published before, this left-handed metamaterial is composed only by one same structure, not two separated parts providing negative permittivity and permeability, respectively. By utilizing different Mie resonant modes, negative permittivity and permeability are accomplished via high order Mie resonant modes and the coupling between cubes. This work opens a gate to highly control of electromagnetic wave in dielectric metamaterial by using the coupling between the unit cells.

Keywords

• Coupled mode theory
• dielectric metamaterial
• left-handed metamaterial
• terahertz structure