articlePhysical Review LettersOct 2, 2007GREEN OA

Sharp Trapped-Mode Resonances in Planar Metamaterials with a Broken Structural Symmetry

University of Southampton · National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine · +1 more institution

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Abstract

We report that a resonance response with a very high quality factor can be achieved in a planar metamaterial by introducing symmetry breaking in the shape of its structural elements, which enables excitation of trapped modes, i.e., modes that are weakly coupled to free space.

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Keywords
  • Metamaterial
  • Planar
  • Excitation
  • Resonance (particle physics)
  • Symmetry (geometry)
  • Physics
  • Quality (philosophy)
  • Symmetry breaking
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