Bulk magnetic terahertz metamaterials based on dielectric microspheres

Opt Express. 2016 Aug 8;24(16):18340-5. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.018340.

Abstract

Rigid metamaterials were prepared by embedding TiO2 microspheres into polyethylene. These structures exhibit a series of Mie resonances where the lowest-frequency one is associated with a strong dispersion in the effective magnetic permeability. Using time-domain terahertz spectroscopy, we experimentally demonstrated the magnetic nature of the observed resonance. The presented approach shows a way for low-cost massive fabrication of mechanically stable terahertz metamaterials based on dielectric microresonators.