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We elucidate the role of the mode coupling of the Mie resonances in all-dielectric metamaterials to ensure a negative effective index at terahertz frequencies. We perform a study as a function of the lattice period and of the frequency overlapping of the modes of resonance. We show that negative effective refractive index requires sufficiently strong mode coupling and that for even more strong mode coupling, the first two modes of Mie resonances are degenerate; the effective refractive index is then undetermined. We also show that it is possible to obtain near-zero, or even null, effective index with a judicious adjustment of the mode coupling. Further, we discuss the mode coupling effect with hybridization in metamaterials.

One way to obtain materials with a negative index is to achieve media with doubly negative constitutive parameters. We show that the double negativity required for perfect (non-dissipative) media is not necessary for real passive (lossy) metamaterials, for which single negativity of one of the two constitutive parameters may be sufficient. The analysis is presented through original diagrammatic representations involving both the real and imaginary parts of the dynamic constitutive parameters for isotropic media. A valid demonstration for acoustic and electromagnetic metamaterials is supported by considering an actual soft 3D locally-resonant ultrasonic metafluid having a negative acoustic index while being a single-negative medium. The crucial role of the imaginary parts of the constitutive parameters is then discussed through its impact on the figure of merit. Finally, the analysis is extended to an example of an electromagnetic negative-index metamaterial exhibiting both single and double negativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, experimental evidences about the resonance phenomena in a negative 2D photonic crystal are shown. Localized plasmon-like modes and guided mode resonances are detected in the reflectivity spectrum of a photonic crystal slab irradiated with out-of-plane incident radiation. The strong confinement of the radiation, in addition to the field enhancement, make photonic crystals a very appealing alternative to plasmonic substrates, avoiding the limits of absorption losses in metals.