Scientists Register Strong Toroidal Dipole Response in Wide Frequency Range
August 7, 2018 | ITMO UniversityEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Physicists have managed to create an experimental structure with a strong toroidal dipole response of the electromagnetic field over a wide frequency range. This response is associated with a special configuration of electromagnetic currents causing high concentration of the field. A special dielectric metalattice was created to produce and measure the response. The results can be used to create non-scattering materials, as well as to effectively control electromagnetic fields. The research was published in Advanced Optical Materials.
It is impossible create accurate sensors or data storage and processing devices without being able to control electromagnetic field properties such as its energy concentration, direction of its oscillations or polarization of waves. Regulating the interaction of dipole responses associated with different current configurations in the field gives us the opportunity to change electromagnetic features of an object even to extent of making it invisible. This can be achieved by creating structure which would combine two different dipole types: conventional electric and more complex toroidal dipole.
Until now, the toroidal dipole experimentally recorded by scientists was either very weak or existing only in an extremely narrow frequency range, which created complications for its practical use. Moreover, the experimental structures were based on metals, which led to large energy losses. Scientists from ITMO University along with their colleagues from Iran and Australia managed to overcome these difficulties. They were the first to develop a metalattice consisting of dielectric material with toroidal dipole response dominating over a wide frequency range.
"We created a periodic structure which we then tested in a series of experiments to make sure that the toroidal dipole is strong enough. When studying the spectrum and distribution of the electromagnetic field, we registered some features typical for toroidal dipole: the field was highly concentrated and had a strong longitudinal component, which means that the direction of electromagnetic field oscillations coincides with its propagation direction. This can be useful for creating molecular sensors or producing nonlinear effects in optics," explains Andrey Sayansky, PhD student at the Faculty of Physics and Technology of ITMO University.
To create the metalattice, the scientists used indium and gallium phosphides. The refractive index of these dielectric materials is lower than the index of regular ones like germanium or gallium arsenide. However, the results showed that the more affordable "medium" dielectrics can also be used to avoid energy loss. Scientists hope that this will contribute to the more active research and practical application of such structures. Another major finding was that the metalattice toroidal response can be excited by any polarization wave. This will help expand the scope of application of metalattice-based materials and devices.
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