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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Simin Feng, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Inventor:
Simin Feng, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/20 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/22 (2006.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/208 (2013.01); G02B 5/003 (2013.01); G02B 5/22 (2013.01); G02B 1/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An angular and spectral selective absorber in ultrathin metamaterials is an absorber having an absorption wavelength, λ. Embodiments of the invention include at least one primary layer having a thickness, d, and a relative permittivity of epsilon-near-zero, ε. At least one reflective secondary layer is associated with the primary layer. The association is by bonding.