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Giant electrogyration in a nanomechanical metamaterial

  • Qiang Zhang
  • , Eric Plum
  • , Jun Yu Ou
  • , Hailong Pi
  • , Junqing Li
  • , Kevin F. MacDonald
  • , Nikolay I. Zheludev
  • University of Southampton
  • School of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

Electrogyration is electric-field-dependent polarization state rotation in chiral media. We demonstrate a metamaterial with a quadratic electrogyration constant of 7.8 × 10-14 rad m2 V-2, which is a million times stronger than in natural materials.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberFW2O.3
JournalOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventCLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO: QELS 2021 - Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 9 May 202114 May 2021

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