• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 10, 1613 (2023)
Yucong Yang1,2, Yueyang Liu3, Jun Qin1,2, Songgang Cai1,2..., Jiejun Su1,2, Peiheng Zhou1,2, Longjiang Deng1,2,4,*, Yang Li3,5,* and Lei Bi1,2,6,*|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Engineering Research Centre of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Multi-spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 4e-mail: denglj@uestc.edu.cn
  • 5e-mail: yli9003@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: bilei@uestc.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.495638 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yucong Yang, Yueyang Liu, Jun Qin, Songgang Cai, Jiejun Su, Peiheng Zhou, Longjiang Deng, Yang Li, Lei Bi, "Magnetically tunable zero-index metamaterials," Photonics Res. 11, 1613 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Zero-index metamaterials (ZIMs) feature a uniform electromagnetic mode over a large area in arbitrary shapes, enabling many applications including high-transmission supercouplers with arbitrary shapes, direction-independent phase matching for nonlinear optics, and collective emission of many quantum emitters. However, most ZIMs reported to date are passive; active ZIMs that allow for dynamic modulation of their electromagnetic properties have rarely been reported. Here, we design and fabricate a magnetically tunable ZIM consisting of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) pillars sandwiched between two copper clad laminates in the microwave regime. By harnessing the Cotton–Mouton effect of YIG, the metamaterial was successfully toggled between gapless and bandgap states, leading to a “phase transition” between a zero-index phase and a single negative phase of the metamaterial. Using an S-shaped ZIM supercoupler, we experimentally demonstrated a tunable supercoupling state with a low intrinsic loss of 0.95 dB and a high extinction ratio of up to 30.63 dB at 9 GHz. We have also engineered a transition between the supercoupling state and the topological one-way transmission state at 10.6 GHz. Our work enables dynamic modulation of the electromagnetic characteristics of ZIMs, enabling various applications in tunable linear, nonlinear, quantum, and nonreciprocal electromagnetic devices.
    μ˜=μ0(Re(μYIG)iIm(μYIG)i(Re(κYIG)iIm(κYIG))0i(Re(κYIG)iIm(κYIG))Re(μYIG)iIm(μYIG)0001)=(μYIGiκYIG0iκYIGμYIG0001),(B1)

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    {·(εYIGE)=0×E=iωμ˜YIGH·(μ˜YIGH)=0×H=iωεYIGE.(B2)

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    ×(×E)ω2εYIGμ˜YIGE=0.(B3)

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    2Ez=iω(μYIG(xHyyHx)iκYIG(xHx+yHy)).(B4)

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    iκYIG(xHyyHx)=μYIG(xHx+yHy).(B5)

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    (2+εYIG(μYIG2κYIG2μYIG)ω2)Ez=0.(B6)

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    nz=εYIG(μYIG2κYIG2μYIG).(B7)

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    n=εYIGμYIG.(B8)

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    Re(μYIG)=1+ω0ωm(ω02ω2)+ω0ωmω2α2((ω02ω2(1+α2)))2+4ω02ω2α2,(C1)

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    Im(μYIG)=αω0ωm((ω02+ω2(1+α2)))2((ω02ω2(1+α2)))2+4ω02ω2α2,(C2)

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    Re(κYIG)=ω0ωm((ω02ω2(1+α2)))2((ω02ω2(1+α2)))2+4ω02ω2α2,(C3)

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    Im(κYIG)=2ω0ωmω2α((ω02ω2(1+α2)))2+4ω02ω2α2.(C4)

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    H(x,y,z)=H(y,x,z)=H(x,y,z).(D1)

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    H(x,y,z)H(x,y,z).(D2)

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    H(x,y,z)=H(y,x,z).(D3)

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    (Dz(kx)Dz(ky))=ε0εeff(Ez(kx)Ez(ky)),(G1)

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    (Bx(kx)Bx(ky)By(kx)By(ky))=μ0(μiκiκμ)(Hx(kx)Hx(ky)Hy(kx)Hy(ky)),(G2)

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    Yucong Yang, Yueyang Liu, Jun Qin, Songgang Cai, Jiejun Su, Peiheng Zhou, Longjiang Deng, Yang Li, Lei Bi, "Magnetically tunable zero-index metamaterials," Photonics Res. 11, 1613 (2023)
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