Intrinsically nonlocal metamaterials
A Ware, J LaMountain, R C White, S R Bank, E Narimanov, D Wasserman, V A Podolskiy · 2026
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A Ware and co-authors present a new class of metamaterials built from the inherent nonlocality of their parts in a 2026 study. Nonlocality means a material's response at one point depends on fields nearby, an effect usually visible only in exotic cold or nanoscale systems. Common composites are captured well by averaged local rules, which hide that deeper behaviour and limit design options.
Structuring a semiconductor material at the scale of its own nonlocal response brought the hidden behaviour up to room-temperature, large size. The composite answered light in ways no local average model predicts, even with realistic losses included. Theory and experiment agree that a fresh design space opens beyond photonic crystals, surfaces and standard composites. Deep subwavelength control of light and matter is the payoff hoped for.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | A Ware, J LaMountain, R C White, S R Bank, E Narimanov, D Wasserman, V A Podolskiy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51213 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |