Artificial Electromagnetic Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Symmetry
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2023) | Viewed by 1236
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Artificial electromagnetic materials, such as metamaterials and photonic crystals, have shown their unique abilities in controlling the propagations of electromagnetic waves at will. Symmetry of the unit cell of artificial material always plays an important role in determining its electromagnetic properties. A small unit cell with fourfold symmetry is good for achieving polarization-independent electromagnetic responses. Changing the symmetry of the unit cell at the interface of the photonic crystal is a feasible way for effectively coupling the electromagnetic wave into photonic crystals. In this sense, symmetry could be an effective way for further enriching the controllable propagation of electromagnetic waves in artificial materials.
Prof. Dr. Zhixiang Tang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metamaterials
- metasurfaces
- photonic crystals
- negative refraction
- parity-time symmetry
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