Term of Award
Spring 2022
Degree Name
Master of Science, Applied Physical Science
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Committee Chair
Maxim Durach
Committee Member 1
Hau-Jian Liu
Committee Member 2
Li Ma
Committee Member 3
Kelly Patton
Committee Member 3 Email
kpatton@georgiasouthern.edu
Abstract
Photonic Metamaterials is a branch of electromagnetism that has been of great interest in recent years. This is further enhanced by the introduction of micro- and nanofabrication methods capable of producing metamaterial structures with which it is possible to create specific optical phenomena. The study of iso-frequency k-surfaces is of importance when discussing optical interactions with media. Previous research found evidence of materials exhibiting k-surfaces of bi-hyperbolic nature, though they failed to find any further hyperboloid dispersions. In this thesis we describe the k-surface topologies and including tri- and tetra-hyperbolic as well as analyze the polariton-interactions that cause these hyperbolic dispersions. Furthermore, in the process of conducting this research, we also introduce a method in which the effective parameter matrix of a material may be reverse engineered from the optical characteristic matrix.
Recommended Citation
Williamson, Robert J., "Toward Novel Optical Functionalities Through Intelligent Photonic Structure Design" (2022). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2438.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/2438
Research Data and Supplementary Material
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