Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-22-2020
Abstract
Confining and controlling electromagnetic energy typically involves a highly resonant phenomenon, especially when subwavelength confinement is desired. Here, we present a class of nonresonant, self-dual planar metastructures capable of protected energy transmission from one side to the other, through arbitrarily narrow apertures. It is shown that the transmission is in the form of matched propagating modes and is independent of the thickness and specific composition of the surface. We analytically prove that the self-dual condition is sufficient to guarantee 100% transmission that is robust to the presence of discontinuities along the propagation path. The results are confirmed numerically through study of various scenarios. The operation is broadband and subject only to the bandwidth of the constituent materials. The polarization of the internal field can also be independently controlled with respect to the incident one. Our structures are promising for applications in sensing, particle trapping, near-field imaging, and wide scan antenna arrays.
Recommended Citation
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, N. Engheta, and R. Kastner, “Electromagnetic Funnel: Reflectionless Transmission and Guiding of Wave through Subwavelength Apertures,” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 124, No. 3, 033901, January 22, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.033901.
Copyright
American Physical Society
Comments
This article was originally published in Physical Review Letters, volume 124, issue 3, in 2020. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.033901