Zero Index Metamaterial Phase Mismatch-Free Nonlinear (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Zero Index Metamaterial Phase Mismatch-Free Nonlinear

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In a zero-index metamaterial, the phases of propagating light waves are mismatch-free in both directions, whereas in a positive/negative index material only the waves propagating in a forward direction are phase mismatch-free.

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Image courtesy of Zhang group, UC Berkeley/Berkeley Lab

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