IP Library Granted Patent US 8,743,018
Granted Patent B2
US 8,743,018 · App. 13/349,496 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Metamaterial

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Patent No.
US 8,743,018
App. No.
13/349,496
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A metamaterial comprising a plurality of unit lattices which are arrayed on a plane in a two dimensional manner and are laminated, wherein a dielectric layer is formed from a first dielectric section and a second dielectric section that is present on the same plane as the first dielectric section and has a smaller refractive index than that of the first dielectric section, wherein the first dielectric section is arranged on an upper side or a lower side of the metal cross layer forming the unit lattice including at least a portion of the crossing region, and wherein the second dielectric section is arranged on an upper side or a lower side of the metal cross layer forming the unit lattice including at least a portion of the non-crossing region.

Claims (9)

1. A metamaterial comprising a plurality of unit lattices which are arrayed on a plane in a two dimensional manner and are laminated,

wherein the unit lattice includes a metal cross layer and a dielectric layer,

wherein the metal cross layer includes a first pillar section along a first axis on the plane and a second pillar section along a second axis that is present on the same plane as the first axis and that intersects the first axis, and includes a cross structure formed by a crossing region in which the first pillar section is intersected with the second pillar section and a non-crossing region in which the first pillar section is not intersected with the second pillar section,

wherein the dielectric layer is formed from a first dielectric section and a second dielectric section that is present on the same plane as the first dielectric section and has a smaller refractive index than that of the first dielectric section,

wherein the first dielectric section is arranged on an upper side or a lower side of the metal cross layer forming the unit lattice including at least a portion of the crossing region, and

wherein the second dielectric section is arranged on an upper side or a lower side of the metal cross layer forming the unit lattice including at least a portion of the non-crossing region.

2. The metamaterial according to claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric section is formed as a pillar section along the first axis.

3. The metamaterial according to claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric section is arranged on an upper side or a lower side of a smaller region than the crossing region in the metal cross layer that forms the unit lattice.

4. The metamaterial according to claim 1 , wherein the second dielectric section includes air.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 22, 2017
From: DEPUY (IRELAND)
To: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 042946/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2012
From: YAMADA, DAISUKE
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 028078/0651 →