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Abstract
The main course objectives are to introduce students to the exciting world of metamaterials designed for optical and mechanical applications. Focus is on its most important physical concepts and fabrication techniques.
Objective
The main course objectives are to introduce students to the exciting world of metamaterials designed for optical and mechanical applications. Focus is on its most important physical concepts and fabrication techniques.
Content
Metamaterials are artificial designer materials with properties that may not be found in nature. They can be designed to possess unique electromagnetic or mechanical properties, which allow to explore new physical phenomena such as negative refraction and negative Poisson's ratio, negative compressibility transitions, perfect lenses, optical and mechanical cloaking. In addition, metamaterials are promising candidates to improve the environment by enhancing energy harvesting from the sun. Topics to be covered: Metal optics and plasmonics, metamaterials and metasurfaces, epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials, negative refraction, negative Poisson ratio materials, plasmonic-enhanced light harvesting.