Magneto-inductive phase-shifters and interferometers

Syms, R.R.A.; Solymár, L.

doi:10.1016/j.metmat.2011.10.002

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“…Fundamental properties of MI waves have been studied both theoretically and experimentally in metamaterials comprising magnetically coupled resonant meta-atoms such as split ring resonators (SRRs) or capacitively loaded loops 9 , 10 , 13 – 16 , including also nanostructured metamaterials 17 , 18 . Applications of MI waves include near-field imaging 19 , 20 , guiding 21 – 24 , and sensing 25 , 26 , wireless data or power transfer 27 – 29 , transducers 30 , amplifiers for MRI 31 , phase shifters 32 , polarisers 33 , and superdirective antennas 34 .…”

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Switchable unidirectional waves on mono- and diatomic metamaterials

Yan

Radkovskaya

Solymár

et al. 2022

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We demonstrate switchable unidirectional propagation of slow waves of coupling within a metamaterial array of strongly coupled elements. We predict theoretically and verify experimentally that the direction of propagation of magnetoinductive waves for any chosen excitation pattern is dictated by the dispersion relations, with forward and backward waves propagating in opposite directions along a chain of meta-atoms. We further prove that the same fundamental phenomenon of direction selectivity due to the forward/backward wave nature is not limited to magnetoinductive waves: we predict analytically and verify numerically the same selective unidirectional signal propagation occurring in nanostructured metamaterial arrays with purely electric coupling. Generalising our method of unidirectional waveguiding to a diatomic magnetoinductive array featuring both forward-wave and backward-wave dispersion branches, switchable unidirectional signal propagation is achieved with distinct frequency bands with opposite directions of signal propagation. Finally, by expanding our technique of selective unidirectional waveguiding to a 2D metasurface, a selective directional control of waves in two dimensions is demonstrated opening up possibilities for directional wireless signal transfer via magnetoinductive surfaces. The observed phenomenon is analogous to polarisation-controlled near-field interference for unidirectional guiding of surface plasmon-polaritons.

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