Natural media with negative index of refraction: Perspectives of complex transition metal oxides (Review Article).

Autor: Fertman, E. L., Beznosov, A. B.
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Zdroj: Low Temperature Physics; Jul2011, Vol. 37 Issue 7, p572-582, 11p
Abstrakt: The capabilities of perovskite-like compounds with the effect of colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) and some other complex oxides to have a negative index of refraction (NIR) are considered. Physical properties of these compounds are also analyzed from the standpoint of designing tunable metamaterials on their base. Of particular interest are temperature and magnetic field driven first-order transformations in oxides with perovskite structure and in spinels. These transformations give rise to nanophase separated states, using which the properties of negative refraction can be affected. The magnetic-field controlled metamaterials with CMR oxides as a boundary NIR media for a photonic crystal are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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