title: Cut-wire-pair structures as two-dimensional magnetic metamaterials.
abstract: We study numerically and experimentally magnetic metamaterials based on cut-wire pairs instead of split-ring resonators. The cut-wire pair planar structure is extended in order to create a truly two-dimensional metamaterial suitable for scaling to optical frequencies. We fabricate the cut-wire metamaterial operating at microwave frequencies with lattice spacing around 10% of the free-space wavelength, and find good agreement with direct numerical simulations. Unlike the structures based on split-ring resonators, the nearest-neighbor coupling in cut-wire pairs can result in a magnetic stop-band with propagation in the transverse direction.
authors.affiliation: Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. david.a.powell@anu.edu.au
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Ilya V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Shadrivov
authors.forename: Yuri S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kivshar
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008872:Microwaves; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals