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:10.1038/ncomms16090

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

Affiliations

Dongheok Shin: School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
Junhyun Kim: School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
Changwook Kim: School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
Kyuyoung Bae: School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
Seunghwa Baek: School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
Gumin Kang: School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
Yaroslav Urzhumov: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Centre for Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics, Duke University
David R. Smith: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Centre for Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics, Duke University
Kyoungsik Kim: School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University

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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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