Functional Metamaterials

Science Leader	Project Leader
Prof Yuri Kivshar Australian National University	Dr Dragomir Neshev Australian National University

We are developing artificial materials with unique properties that completely change the way light interacts with matter, and we are integrating them on photonic chips.

Figure One - Fishnet Structures

Figure Two - Chrial Structures

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Figure Four - Positive to negative tuning with liquid crystals

Photonic chips currently don’t have the necessary performance because they are limited by available materials. Functional metamaterials will overcome these constraints, providing engineered and tunable optical linear and nonlinear responses.

Positive to negative tuning with liquid crystals.
There are many questions and problems that we need to overcome to realise real-world applications of metamaterials. There will be exciting fundamental discoveries along the way that will lead to future photonics applications where light can be manipulated at the nanoscale with high speed and efficiency.

Functional Metamaterials Group, Annual CUDOS Workshop at Shoal Bay, Feb 2011