Journal
NANOPHOTONICS
Volume 1, Issue 3-4, Pages 181-198Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2012-0020
Keywords
left-handed materials; meta materials; photonic band gaps; photonic crystals
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- NSFC [60990321, 11174055]
- MOE of China [B06011]
- Program of Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist [12XD1400700]
- Hong Kong RGC GRF grant [600311]
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A short overview is presented on the research works related to the zero-(n) over bar gap, which appears as the volume-averaged refraction index vanishes in photonic structures containing both positive and negative-index materials. After introducing the basic concept of the zero-(n) over bar gap based on both rigorous mathematics and numerical simulations, the unique properties of such a band gap are discussed, including its robustness against weak disorder, wide-incidence-angle operation and scaling invariance, which do not belong to a conventional Bragg gap. We then describe the simulation and experimental verifications on the zero-(n) over bar gap and its extraordinary properties in different frequency domains. After that, the unusual photonic and physical effects discovered based on the zero-(n) over bar gap and their potential applications are reviewed, including beam manipulations and nonlinear effects. Before concluding this review, several interesting ideas inspired from the zero-(n) over bar gap works will be introduced, including the zero-phase gaps, zero-permittivity and zero-permeability gaps, complete band gaps, and zero-refraction-index materials with Dirac-Cone dispersion.
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