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Article Dans Une Revue Nature Communications Année : 2012

Magnetic and electric coherence in forward- and back-scattered electromagnetic waves by a single dielectric subwavelength sphere

Jean-Michel Geffrin
B. García-Cámara
  • Fonction : Auteur
R. Gómez-Medina
  • Fonction : Auteur
P. Albella
  • Fonction : Auteur
L.S. Froufe-Pérez
  • Fonction : Auteur
Christelle Eyraud
Amelie Litman
Rodolphe Vaillon
F. González
  • Fonction : Auteur
Fernando Moreno
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

Magnetodielectric small spheres present unusual electromagnetic scattering features, theoretically predicted a few decades ago. However, achieving such behaviour has remained elusive, due to the non-magnetic character of natural optical materials or the difficulty in obtaining low-loss highly permeable magnetic materials in the gigahertz regime. Here we present unambiguous experimental evidence that a single low-loss dielectric subwavelength sphere of moderate refractive index (n¼4 like some semiconductors at near-infrared) radiates fields identical to those from equal amplitude crossed electric and magnetic dipoles, and indistinguishable from those of ideal magnetodielectric spheres. The measured scattering radiation patterns and degree of linear polarization (3-9 GHz/33-100mm range) show that, by appropriately tuning the a/l ratio, zero-backward ('Huygens' source) or almost zeroforward ('Huygens' reflector) radiated power can be obtained. These Kerker scattering conditions only depend on a/l. Our results open new technological challenges from nanoand micro-photonics to science and engineering of antennas, metamaterials and electromagnetic devices. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2167 1

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hal-00939074 , version 1 (30-01-2014)

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Jean-Michel Geffrin, B. García-Cámara, R. Gómez-Medina, P. Albella, L.S. Froufe-Pérez, et al.. Magnetic and electric coherence in forward- and back-scattered electromagnetic waves by a single dielectric subwavelength sphere. Nature Communications, 2012, 3 (1171), pp.3:1171. ⟨10.1038/ncomms2167⟩. ⟨hal-00939074⟩
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