2012
Garcia, Cesar R; Correa, Jesus; Espalin, David; Barton, Jay H; Rumpf, Raymond C; Wicker, Ryan; Gonzalez, Virgilio
3D printing of anisotropic metamaterials Journal Article
In: Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, vol. 34, pp. 75-82, 2012, ISSN: 1937-6480.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: 3D printing, all-dielectric structures, metamaterials
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title = {3D printing of anisotropic metamaterials},
author = {Cesar R Garcia and Jesus Correa and David Espalin and Jay H Barton and Raymond C Rumpf and Ryan Wicker and Virgilio Gonzalez},
url = {https://www.jpier.org/PIERL/pierl34/08.12070311.pdf},
issn = {1937-6480},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-01-01},
journal = {Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters},
volume = {34},
pages = {75-82},
abstract = {—Material properties in radio frequency and microwave
regimes are limited due to the lack of molecular resonances at these
frequencies. Metamaterials are an attractive means to realize a
prescribed permittivity or permeability function, but these are often
prohibitively lossy due to the use of inefficient metallic resonators.
All-dielectric metamaterials offer excellent potential to overcome these
losses, but they provide a much weaker interaction with an applied
wave. Much design freedom can be realized from all-dielectric
structures if their dispersion and anisotropy are cleverly engineered.
This, however, leads to structures with very complex geometries
that cannot be manufactured by conventional techniques. In this
work, artificially anisotropic metamaterials are designed and then
manufactured by 3D printing. The effective material properties are
measured in the lab and agree well with model predictions.},
keywords = {3D printing, all-dielectric structures, metamaterials},
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—Material properties in radio frequency and microwave
regimes are limited due to the lack of molecular resonances at these
frequencies. Metamaterials are an attractive means to realize a
prescribed permittivity or permeability function, but these are often
prohibitively lossy due to the use of inefficient metallic resonators.
All-dielectric metamaterials offer excellent potential to overcome these
losses, but they provide a much weaker interaction with an applied
wave. Much design freedom can be realized from all-dielectric
structures if their dispersion and anisotropy are cleverly engineered.
This, however, leads to structures with very complex geometries
that cannot be manufactured by conventional techniques. In this
work, artificially anisotropic metamaterials are designed and then
manufactured by 3D printing. The effective material properties are
measured in the lab and agree well with model predictions.
regimes are limited due to the lack of molecular resonances at these
frequencies. Metamaterials are an attractive means to realize a
prescribed permittivity or permeability function, but these are often
prohibitively lossy due to the use of inefficient metallic resonators.
All-dielectric metamaterials offer excellent potential to overcome these
losses, but they provide a much weaker interaction with an applied
wave. Much design freedom can be realized from all-dielectric
structures if their dispersion and anisotropy are cleverly engineered.
This, however, leads to structures with very complex geometries
that cannot be manufactured by conventional techniques. In this
work, artificially anisotropic metamaterials are designed and then
manufactured by 3D printing. The effective material properties are
measured in the lab and agree well with model predictions.