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Large area light propagation in quasi-zero average refractive index materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Principia Dardano ,
Vito Mocella ,
Stefano Cabrini ,
Allan S. Chang ,
Luigi Moretti ,
Ivo Rendina ,
Deindre Olynick ,
Bruce Harteneck  and
Scott Dhuey
Principia Dardano
Affiliation:
principia.dardano@na.imm.cnr.it, IMM-CNR, Napoli, Napoli, Italy
Vito Mocella
Affiliation:
vito.mocella@na.imm.cnr.it, IMM-CNR, Napoli, Napoli, Italy
Stefano Cabrini
Affiliation:
SCabrini@lbl.gov, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
Allan S. Chang
Affiliation:
ASPChang@lbl.gov, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
Luigi Moretti
Affiliation:
luigi.moretti@na.imm.cnr.it, IMM-CNR, Napoli, Napoli, Italy
Ivo Rendina
Affiliation:
ivo.rendina@na.imm.cnr.it, IMM-CNR, Napoli, Napoli, Italy
Deindre Olynick
Affiliation:
DOlynick@lbl.gov, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
Bruce Harteneck
Affiliation:
BHarteneck@lbl.gov, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
Scott Dhuey
Affiliation:
SDhuey@lbl.gov, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
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Abstract

In this paper the experimental results show near-infrared light collimation through large area (2 x 2 mm) nanopatterned material with refractive index quasi-zero on the average. This quasi-zero refractive index is obtained alternating photonic crystals strips with effective refractive index neff = –1 and air strips (n = 1). Layers optically annihilate each other, verifying the optical antimatter concept theoretically proposed by Pendry et al [J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, 6345 (2003)].

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Siopticalnanostructure

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