摘要
外在手征超材料作为一种结构简单,易于制造,并可以通过调整入射波的角度来动态调控电磁特性的新型超材料越来越受到人们的关注。简要介绍了外在手征超材料的背景和概念,并着重阐述了其在微波段、太赫兹波段以及光频段的数值模拟与实验研究进展。这种结构在各类光电子学器件、生物医学等领域有着现实的应用价值。
The extrinsic chiral metamaterial has attracted more and more attention as it is a kind of metamaterial which is simple in structure,easy to manufacture,and can change the electromagnetic properties by adjusting the angle of incident wave.In this paper,the background and concept of extrinsic chiral metamaterials were briefly introduced,and the research progress of the simulation and experiment in microwave,terahertz and optical band were focused on,aming to reveal the practical applications in photonic devices and biomedicine.
引文
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