Confining Light in Deep Subwavelength Electromagnetic Cavities (2009)
Ginis, V., Tassin, P., Soukoulis, C. M., Veretennicoff, I.
We demonstrate that it is possible to design electromagnetic cavities that are significantly smaller than the wavelength of the light it encapsulates. To this aim, we use the techniques of...
Comparison of Chiral Metamaterial Designs for Repulsive Casimir Force (2009)
Zhao, R., Koschny, Th., Economou, E. N., Soukoulis, C. M.
In our previous work [Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 103602 (2009)], we found that repulsive Casimir forces could be realized by using chiral metamaterials if the chirality is strong enough. In this work, we...
Repulsive Casimir Force in Chiral Metamaterials (2009)
Zhao, R., Zhou, J., Koschny, Th., Economou, E. N., Soukoulis, C. M.
We demonstrate theoretically that one can obtain repulsive Casimir forces and stable nanolevitations by using chiral metamaterials. By extending the Lifshitz theory to treat chiral metamaterials, we...
Self-consistent calculation of metamaterials with gain (2009)
Fang, A., Koschny, Th., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C. M.
We present a computational scheme allowing for a self-consistent treatment of a dispersive metallic photonic metamaterial coupled to a gain material incorporated into the nanostructure. The gain is...
Toy model for plasmonic metamaterial resonances coupled to two-level system gain (2009)
Wegener, M., Garcia-Pomar, J.L., Soukoulis, C.M., Meinzer, N., Ruther, M., Linden, S.
Single-slit split-ring resonators at optical frequencies: limits of size scaling (2009)
Klein, M. W., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C. M., Linden, S.
Low-loss negative-index metamaterial at telecommunication wavelengths (2009)
Dolling, G., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C. M., Linden, S.
Photonic Metamaterials: Magnetism at Optical Frequencies (2009)
Linden, S., Enkrich, C., Dolling, G., Klein, M.W., Zhou, J., Koschny, T., ...
Simultaneous Negative Phase and Group Velocity of Light in a Metamaterial (2009)
Dolling, G., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C. M., Linden, S.
Cut-wire pairs and plate pairs as magnetic atoms for optical metamaterials (2009)
Dolling, G., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Zhou, J. F., Soukoulis, C. M., Linden, S.
Magnetic metamaterials at telecommunication and visible frequencies (2009)
Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Linden, S., Burger, S., Zschiedrich, L., Schmidt, F., ...
Magnetic Response of Metamaterials at 100 Terahertz (2009)
Linden, S., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Zhou, J. F., Koschny, T., Soukoulis, C. M.
Metamaterial with negative index due to chirality (2009)
Plum, E., Zhou, J., Dong, J., Fedotov, V.A., Koschny, T., Soukoulis, C.M., ...
Recently it has been predicted that materials with exceptionally strong optical activity may also possess a negative refractive index, allowing the realization of superlenses for super-resolution...
Transmission in the vicinity of the Dirac point in hexagonal Photonic Crystals (2008)
Diem, Marcus, Koschny, Thomas, Soukoulis, C. M.
We use a scattering matrix approach to simulate the transmission through a hexagonal Photonic Crystal in the vicinity of the Dirac point. If the crystal is oriented so that the propagation direction...
Strong diamagnetic response of metamaterials (2008)
Economou, E. N., Koschny, Th., Soukoulis, C. M.
We demonstrate that there is a strong diamagnetic response of metamaterials, consisting of open or closed split ring resonators (SRRs). Detailed numerical work shows that for densely packed SRRs the...
Low Loss Metamaterials Based on Classical Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (2008)
Tassin, Ph., Zhang, Lei, Koschny, Th., Economou, E. N., Soukoulis, C. M.
We demonstrate theoretically that electromagnetically induced transparency can be achieved in metamaterials, in which electromagnetic radiation is interacting resonantly with mesoscopic oscillators...
3D-Chiral Metamaterial Showing Artificial Magnetic Response and Negative Refraction (2008)
Plum, E., Dong, J., Zhou, J., Fedotov, V. A., Koschny, T., Soukoulis, C. M., ...
Artificial magnetism, negative permeability and negative refractive index are demonstrated in 3D-chiral metamaterial that shows giant polarization rotation and circular dichroism.
Toy model for plasmonic metamaterial resonances coupled to two-level system gain. (2008)
Wegener, M., Garcia-Pomar, J.L., Soukoulis, C.M., Meinzer, N., Ruther, M., Linden, S.
Optics Express, 16(2008) S.19785-798
Negative-index metamaterial at 780 nm wavelength. (2007)
Dolling, G., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Linden, S.
Optics Letters, 32(2007) S.53-55
Linden, S., Dolling, G., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C.M.
Conf.on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conf. (CLEO/QELS'07), Baltimore, Md., May 6-11, 2007
Linden, S., Dolling, G., Decker, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Wegener, M.
Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystal Structures (PECS VII), Monterey, Calif., April 8-11, 2007
Metamaterials see the light. (2007)
Linden, S., Soukoulis, C.M., Dolling, G., Decker, M., Wegener, M.
Internat.Symp.on Signals, Systems, and Electronics (ISSSE 2007), Montreal, CDN, July 30 - August 2, 2007
Linden, S., Dolling, G., Feth, N., Decker, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Wegener, M.
Metamaterials 2007 : 1st Internat.Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Roma, I, October 22-26, 2007
Design-related losses of double-fishnet negative-index photonic metamaterials. (2007)
Dolling, G., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Linden, S.
Optics Express, 15(2007) S.11536-541
Focused-ion-beam nanofabrication of magnetic metamaterials for telecommunication frequencies (2006)
Enkrich, C., Pérez-Willard, F., Gerthsen, D., Zhou, J., Soukoulis, C.M., Wegener, M., ...
From metamaterials to photonic crystals. (2006)
Linden, S., Wegener, M., Enkrich, C., Dolling, G., Feth, N., Klein, M.W., ...
Frühjahrstagung des Arbeitskreises Atome, Moleküle, Quantenoptik und Plasmen (AMOP) der DPG, Frankfurt, 13.-17.März 2006
Photonic metamaterials: magnetism and negative index of refraction at optical frequencies. (2006)
Linden, S., Wegener, M., Enkrich, C., Klein, M.W., Decker, M., Dolling, G., ...
DPG Spring Meeting of the Divison Condensed Matter, 21st General Conf.of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society, Dresden, March 26-31, 2006
Single-slit split-ring resonators at optical frequencies: limits of size scaling. (2006)
Klein, M.W., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Linden, S.
Optics Letters, 31(2006) S.1259-61
Simultaneous negative phase and group velocity of light in a metamaterial. (2006)
Dolling, G., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Linden, S.
Science, 312(2006) S.892-94
Low-loss negative-index metamaterial at telecommunication wavelengths. (2006)
Dolling, G., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Linden, S.
Optics Letters, 31(2006) S.1800-02
Photonic metamaterials: magnetism at optical frequencies. (2006)
Linden, S., Enkrich, C., Dolling, G., Klein, M.W., Zhou, J., Koschny, T., ...
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 12(2006) S.1097-1105
Spontaneous emission rates of dipoles in photonic crystal membranes (2005)
Koenderink, A. F., Kafesaki, M., Soukoulis, C. M., Sandoghdar, V.
We show theoretically that finite two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals in thin semiconductor membranes strongly modify the spontaneous emission rate of embedded dipole emitters. Three-dimensional...
Numerical Investigation of Light Scattering off Split-Ring Resonators (2005)
Burger, S., Zschiedrich, L., Klose, R., Schädle, A., Schmidt, F., Enkrich, C., ...
Recently, split ring-resonators (SRR's) have been realized experimentally in the near infrared (NIR) and optical regime. In this contribution we numerically investigate light propagation through an...
Cut-wire pairs and plate pairs as magnetic atoms for optical metamaterials (2005)
Dolling, G., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Zhou, J., Soukoulis, C. M., Linden, S.
We study the optical properties of metamaterials made from cut-wire pairs or plate pairs. We obtain a more pronounced optical response for arrays of plate pairs -- a geometry which also eliminates...
Spontaneous emission in the near-field of 2D photonic crystals (2005)
Koenderink, A. Femius, Kafesaki, M., Soukoulis, C. M., Sandoghdar, Vahid
We show theoretically that photonic crystal membranes cause large variations in the spontaneous emission rate of dipole emitters, not only inside but also in the near-field above the membranes. Our...
Magnetic metamaterials at telecommunication and visible frequencies (2005)
Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Linden, S., Burger, S., Zschiedrich, L., Schmidt, F., ...
Arrays of gold split-rings with 50-nm minimum feature size and with an LC resonance at 200-THz frequency (1500-nm wavelength) are fabricated. For normal incidence conditions, they exhibit a...
Isotropic three-dimensional left-handed meta-materials (2005)
Koschny, Th., Zhang, L., Soukoulis, C. M.
We investigate three-dimensional left-handed and related meta-materials based on a fully symmetric multi-gap single-ring SRR design and crossing continuous wires. We demonstrate isotropic...
Limits on the amplification of evanescent waves of left-handed materials (2005)
Koschny, Th., Moussa, R., Soukoulis, C. M.
We investigate the transfer function of the discretized perfect lens in finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and transfer matrix (TMM) simulations; the latter allow to eliminate the problems...
Near-field optics and control of photonic crystals (2005)
Koenderink, A.F., Wüest, R., Buchler, B.C., Richter, S., Strasser, P., Kafesaki, M., ...
Hin zu Metamaterialien mit negativem Brechnungsindex bei optischen Frequenzen. (2005)
Linden, S., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Zhou, J., Koschny, T., Soukoulis, C.M.
Physik seit Albert Einstein : 69.Jahrestagung der DPG, Berlin, 4.-9.März 2005
Herstellung von Metamaterialien mit magnetischer Resonanz für den Telekommunikationsbereich. (2005)
Enkrich, C., Perez-Willard, F., Linden, S., Wegener, M., Zhou, J., Koschny, T., ...
Physik seit Albert Einstein : 69.Jahrestagung der DPG, Berlin, 4.-9.März 2005
Towards left-handed metamaterials at optical frequencies. (2005)
Linden, S., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Perez-Willard, F., Zhou, J., Koschny, T., ...
Internat.Symp.on Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystal Structures (PECS VI), Aghia Pelaghia, GR, June 19-24, 2005
Magnetic metamaterials at telecommunication and visible frequencies. (2005)
Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Linden, S., Burger, S., Zschiedrich, L., Schmidt, F., ...
Physical Review Letters, 95(2005) S.203901/1-4
Focused-ion-beam nanofabrication of near-infrared magnetic metamaterials. (2005)
Enkrich, C., Perez-Willard, F., Gerthsen, D., Zhou, J.F., Koschny, T., Soukoulis, C.M., ...
Advanced Materials, 17(2005) S.2547-49
Cut-wire pairs and plate pairs as magnetic atoms for optical metamaterials. (2005)
Dolling, G., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Zhou, J.F., Soukoulis, C.M., Linden, S.
Optics Letters, 30(2005) S.3198-200
Koschny, Th., Markos, P., Economou, E. N., Smith, D. R., Vier, D. C., Soukoulis, C. M.
We study the frequency dependence of the effective electromagnetic parameters of left-handed and related meta-materials of the split ring resonator and wire type. We show that the reduced...
Negative refraction and superlensing in a 2D photonic crystal structure (2004)
Moussa, R., Foteinopoulou, S., Zhang, Lei, Tuttle, G., Guven, K., Ozbay, E., ...
We experimentally and theoretically studied a new left-handed (LH) structure based on a photonic crystal (PC) with a negative refractive index. The structure consists of triangular array of...
Intensity distribution of scalar waves propagating in random media (2004)
Transmission of the scalar field through the random medium, represented by the system of randomly distributed dielectric cylinders is calculated numerically. System is mapped to the problem of...
Effective medium theory of left-handed materials (2004)
Koschny, T., Kafesaki, M., Economou, E. N., Soukoulis, C. M.
We analyze the transmission and reflection data obtained through transfer matrix calculations on metamaterials of finite lengths, to determine their effective permittivity and permeability. Our study...
Electric coupling to the magnetic resonance of split ring resonators (2004)
Katsarakis, N., Koschny, T., Kafesaki, M., Economou, E. N., Soukoulis, C. M.
We study both theoretically and experimentally the transmission properties of a lattice of split ring resonators (SRRs) for different electromagnetic (EM) field polarizations and propagation...
Foteinopoulou, S., Soukoulis, C. M.
We systematically study a collection of refractive phenomena that can possibly occur at the interface of a two-dimensional photonic crystal, with the use of the wave vector diagram formalism. Cases...
Highly directional emission from photonic crystal waveguides of subwavelength width (2004)
Kramper, P., Agio, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Birner, A., Müller, F., Wehrspohn, R.B., ...
Near-field visualization of light confinement in a photonic crystal microresonator (2004)
Kramper, P., Kafesaki, M., Soukoulis, C.M., Birner, A., Müller, F., Gösele, U., ...
Low-loss photonic-crystal and monolithic InP integration: bands, bends, lasers, filters (2004)
Benisty, H., Weisbuch, C., Olivier, S., Houdré, R., Ferrini, R., Leuenberger, D., ...
Three-dimensional photonic crystals: fabrication, characterization and physics. (2004)
Wegener, M., Deubel, M., Freymann, G.von, Pereira, S., Busch, K., Soukoulis, C.M., ...
Frühjahrstagung des Arbeitskreises Festkörperphysik (AKF) der DPG, Fachverband Halbleiterphysik, Regensburg, 8.-12.März 2004
Direct laser writing of three-dimensional photonic-crystal templates for telecommunications. (2004)
Deubel, M., Freymann, G.von, Wegener, M., Pereira, S., Busch, K., Soukoulis, C.M.
Nature Materials, 3(2004) S.444-47
Magnetic response of metamaterials at 100 terahertz. (2004)
Linden, S., Enkrich, C., Wegener, M., Zhou, J., Koschny, T., Soukoulis, C.M.
Science, 306(2004) S.1351-53
Resonant and anti-resonant frequency dependence of the effective parameters of metamaterials (2003)
Koschny, T., Markos, P., Smith, D. R., Soukoulis, C. M.
We present a numerical study of the electromagnetic response of the metamaterial elements that are usedto construct materials with negative refractive index. For an array of split ring resonators...
Mode Repulsion and Mode Coupling in Random Lasers (2003)
Cao, H., Jiang, Xunya, Ling, Y., Xu, J. Y., Soukoulis, C. M.
We studied experimentally and theoretically the interaction of lasing modes in random media. In a homogeneously broadened gain medium, cross gain saturation leads to spatial repulsion of lasing...
Negative refraction and left-handed behavior in two-dimensional photonic crystals (2002)
Foteinopoulou, S., Soukoulis, C. M.
We systematically examine the conditions of obtaining left-handed (LH) behavior in photonic crystals. Detailed studies of the phase and group velocities as well as the phase np and group ng...
Absorption losses in periodic arrays of thin metallic wires (2002)
We analyze the transmission and reflection of the electromagnetic wave calculated from transfer matrix simulations of periodic arrangements of thin metallic wires. The effective permittivity and the...
We review recent progress in the studies of left handed materials.
Refraction at Media with Negative Refractive Index (2002)
Foteinopoulou, S., Economou, E. N., Soukoulis, C. M.
We show that an electromagnetic (EM) wave undergoes negative refraction at the interface between a positive and negative refractive index material. Finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations...
Transmission Losses in Left-handed Materials (2002)
Markos, P., Rousochatzakis, I., Soukoulis, C. M.
We numerically analyze the origin of the transmission losses in left-handed structures. Our data confirms that left handed structures can have very good transmission properties, in spite of the...
Smith, D. R., Schultz, S., Markos, P., Soukoulis, C. M.
We analyze the reflection and transmission coefficients calculated from transfer matrix simulations on finite lenghts of electromagnetic metamaterials, to determine the effective permittivity and...
Numerical studies of left-handed materials and arrays of split ring resonators (2001)
We present numerical results on the transmission properties of the left-handed materials (LHM) and split-ring resonators (SRR). The simulation resultsare in qualitative agreement with experiments....
Conductance fluctuations and boundary conditions (2001)
Ruehlaender, Marc, Markos, Peter, Soukoulis, C. M.
The conductance fluctuations for various types for two-- and three--dimensional disordered systems with hard wall and periodic boundary conditions are studied, all the way from the ballistic...
Theoretical investigation of one-dimensional cavities in two-dimensional photonic crystals (2001)
Foteinopoulou, S., Soukoulis, C. M.
We study numerically the features of the resonant peak of one-dimensional (1-D) dielectric cavities in a two-dimensional (2-D) hexagonal lattice. We use both the transfer matrix method and the finite...
Transmission Studies of Left-handed Materials (2001)
Left-handed materials are studied numerically using an improved version of the transfer-matrix method. The transmission, reflection, the phase of the reflection and the absorption are calculated and...
Symmetry, dimension and the distribution of the conductance at the mobility edge (2001)
Ruhlander, Marc, Markos, Peter, Soukoulis, C. M.
The probability distribution of the conductance at the mobility edge, $p_c(g)$, in different universality classes and dimensions is investigated numerically for a variety of random systems. It is...
The probability distribution of the conductance in anisotropic systems (2001)
Ruehlaender, Marc, Markos, Peter, Soukoulis, C. M.
We investigate the probability distribution $p(g)$ of the conductance $g$ in anisotropic two-dimensional systems. The scaling procedure applicable to mapping the conductance distributions of...
Localized Random Lasing Modes and a New Path for Observing Localization (2001)
Jiang, Xunya, Soukoulis, C. M.
We demonstrate that a knowledge of the density-of-states and the eigenstates of a random system without gain, in conjunction with the frequency profile of the gain, can accurately predict the mode...
The probability distribution of the conductance at the mobility edge (2000)
Ruhlander, Marc, Soukoulis, C. M.
The probability distribution of the conductance p(g) of disordered 2d and 3d systems is calculated by transfer matrix techniques. As expected, p(g) is Gaussian for extended states while for localized...
Metal-insulator transitions in anisotropic 2d systems (2000)
Ruhlander, Marc, Soukoulis, C. M.
Several phenomena related to the critical behaviour of non-interacting electrons in a disordered 2d tight-binding system with a magnetic field are studied. Localization lengths, critical exponents...
Time Dependent Theory for Random Lasers (2000)
Jiang, Xunya, Soukoulis, C. M.
A model to simulate the phenomenon of random lasing is presented. It couples Maxwell's equations with the rate equations of electronic population in a disordered system. Finite difference time domain...
Lidorikis, E., Sigalas, M. M., Soukoulis, C. M., Economou, E. N.
By using two ab initio numerical methods we study the effects that disorder has on the spectral gaps and on wave localization in two-dimensional photonic band gap materials. We find that there are...
Lidorikis, E., Soukoulis, C. M.
We examine numerically the time-dependent properties of nonlinear bistable multilayer structures for constant wave illumination. We find that our system exhibits both steady-state and self-pulsing...
Symmetry between absorption and amplification in disordered media (1999)
Jiang, Xunya, Li, Qiming, Soukoulis, C. M.
We address the issue of whether amplification, like absorption, suppresses wave transmission at large gain, as has been claimed in previous studies of wave propagation in active random media. A...
Transmission and reflection studies of periodic and random systems with gain (1999)
Jiang, Xunya, Soukoulis, C. M.
The transmission (T) and reflection (R) coefficients are studied in periodic systems and random systems with gain. For both the periodic electronic tight-binding model and the periodic classical...
Optical transmission through strong scattering and highly polydisperse media, (article0 (1999)
Gomez Rivas, J., Sprik, R., Soukoulis, C.M., Busch, K., Lagendijk, A.
Soukoulis, C. M., Wang, Xiaosha, Li, Qiming, Sigalas, M. M.
The probability distribution of the conductance Pc(g) at the Anderson critical point is calculated. It is find that Pc(g) has a dip at small g in agreement with epsilon expansion results. The Pc(g)...
Comment on "Energy Velocity of Diffusion Waves in Strongly Scattering Media" (1998)
Soukoulis, C. M., Busch, K., Kafesaki, M., Economou, E. N.
A comment on the recently published article (PRL 79, 3166 (1997)) is given. The issue is if there is a unique self-consistent way in determining the effective medium in a random medium. The recently...
Tight-binding parameterization for photonic band gap materials (1998)
Lidorikis, E., Sigalas, M. M., Soukoulis, C. M., Economou, E. N.
The ideas of the linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) method, well known from the study of electrons, is extended to the classical wave case. The Mie resonances of the isolated scatterer in...
Scaling Properties of Conductance at Integer Quantum Hall Plateau Transitions (1998)
Wang, Xiashoa, Li, Qiming, Soukoulis, C. M.
We investigate the scaling properties of zero temperature conductances at integer quantum Hall plateau transitions in the lowest Landau band of a two-dimensional tight-binding model. Scaling is...
Localization in Highly Anisotropic Systems (1997)
Li, Qiming, Soukoulis, C. M., Zambetaki, I., Economou, E. N.
The localization behavior of the Anderson model with anisotropic hopping integral t for weakly coupled planes and weakly coupled chains is investigated both numerically with the transfer matrix...
Scaling Properties in Highly Anisotropic Systems (1997)
Li, Qiming, Soukoulis, C. M., Katsoprinakis, S., Economou, E. N.
Scaling of the conductances and the finite-size localization lengths is generalized to anisotropic systems and tested in two dimensional systems. Scaling functions of isotropic systems are recovered...
Optical Bistability in Colloidal Crystals (1997)
Lidorikis, E., Li, Qiming, Soukoulis, C. M.
We present a one dimensional model for the nonlinear response of a colloidal crystal to intense light illumination along a high symmetry direction. The strong coupling between light and the colloidal...
Fabrication of photonic crystals by deep X-ray lithography. (1997)
Feiertag, G., Ehrfeld, W., Freimuth, H., Kolle, H., Lehr, H., Schmidt, M., ...
Charge Localization in Disordered Colossal-Magnetoresistance Manganites (1996)
Li, Qiming, Zang, Jun, Bishop, A. R., Soukoulis, C. M.
The metallic or insulating nature of the paramagnetic phase of the colossal-magnetoresistance manganites is investigated via a double exchange Hamiltonian with diagonal disorder. Mobility edge...