Abstract
Here we present an easy experimental method that allows the characterization of the negative refractive index of a isotropic
metamaterial in the visible spectral region. The method is based on the measurement of the deviation of a light beam
passing through the metamaterial as a function of the incident angle. The theoretical expression was derived in the case of
negative refraction. It was shown that such a method can be used also in the realistic case of a thin metamaterial deposited
on a thick substrate..
Keywords
Negative index materials characterization, Metamaterials characterization, Optical characterization.
Citation
A. BELARDINI, C. SIBILIA, Evaluation of the negative refractive index by beam deviation measurements, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 3-4, March-April 2013, pp.184-187 (2013).
Submitted at: Nov. 7, 2012
Accepted at: April 11, 2013