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John B. Pendry

Other affiliations: University of California, San Diego, Duke University, Bell Labs  ...read more
Bio: John B. Pendry is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Metamaterial & Plasmon. The author has an hindex of 100, co-authored 536 publications receiving 88802 citations. Previous affiliations of John B. Pendry include University of California, San Diego & Duke University.


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23 Oct 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the design, fabrication and structures of the devices exploit the properties of reactive composite materials (RCM) and reaction products thereof, and they can interact with or modify propagation of electromagnetic waves.
Abstract: Devices and components that can interact with or modify propagation of electromagnetic waves are provided. The design, fabrication and structures of the devices exploit the properties of reactive composite materials (RCM) and reaction products thereof.
Patent
23 Dec 1999
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of a microwave antenna is improved by incorporating a fine wire dielectric material, which has a constant e of less than unity at microwave frequencies, in order to refract microwaves.
Abstract: The performance of a microwave antenna is improved by incorporating a fine wire dielectric material 16 which has a dielectric constant e of less than unity at microwave frequencies. The dielectric material 16 comprises a number of layers 4 each consisting of an array of spaced parallel wires 6; alternate layers have wires orientated perpendicularly. The effect of the dielectric material 16 is to refract microwaves 20 so that the antenna 14 appears to have a larger aperture than that of its physical size. Furthermore, by selecting the transmission cut off frequency of the dielectric material, two antenna elements which are intended to operate within different frequency bands can be mounted one behind the other.
Proceedings ArticleDOI
01 Aug 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, a new method based on transformation optics was proposed to analyze the electromagnetic response of plasmonic particles under electron beam excitation, and the results for the electron energy loss and photon scattering spectra of a 2-d crescent and 3-d dimer were presented.
Abstract: Electron energy loss spectroscopy is one of the most important and versatile tools for experiments at the frontier of plasmonics research. In this short paper, we present a new method based on Transformation optics to analyze the electromagnetic response of plasmonic particles under electron beam excitation. We present analytical results for the electron energy loss and photon scattering spectra of a 2-d crescent and 3-d dimer, as well as their time-domain response. We believe this method can support and guide future EELS experiments in plasmonics and beyond.
Proceedings ArticleDOI
09 May 2021
TL;DR: In this article, the Berreman mode was used to induce redshift and spectral broadening from a nonlinear grating in a thin film of ITO over gold, and strong, efficient all-optical modulations and frequency-shift due to time diffraction were observed.
Abstract: We observe strong, efficient all-optical modulations and frequency-shift due to time diffraction in a thin film of ITO over gold. Excitation of the Berreman mode leads to redshift and spectral broadening from a nonlinear grating.
Patent
29 Feb 2012
TL;DR: In this article, a real-time adjustment of transformable optical elements is sometimes based on predetermined corrective optical parameters associated with a current user, such as a specified change in optical wavefront at an exit pupil.
Abstract: Exemplary methods, systems and components enable an enhanced direct-viewing optical device to include customized adjustments that accommodate various optical aberrations of a current user. A real-time adjustment of transformable optical elements is sometimes based on predetermined corrective optical parameters associated with a current user. Customized optical elements are incorporated with the direct-viewing optical device to produce a specified change in optical wavefront at an exit pupil. Possible transformable or replacement optical elements may have refractive and/or reflective and/or diffractive and/or transmissive characteristics that are selected based on current performance viewing factors for a given field of view of the direct-viewing device. Some embodiments enable dynamic repositioning and/or transformation of corrective optical elements responsive to a detected shift of a tracked gaze direction of a current user. Replacement corrective optical elements may be fabricated for current usage or retained in inventory for possible future usage in the direct-viewing device.

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28 Jul 2005
TL;DR: PfPMP1)与感染红细胞、树突状组胞以及胎盘的单个或多个受体作用,在黏附及免疫逃避中起关键的作�ly.
Abstract: 抗原变异可使得多种致病微生物易于逃避宿主免疫应答。表达在感染红细胞表面的恶性疟原虫红细胞表面蛋白1(PfPMP1)与感染红细胞、内皮细胞、树突状细胞以及胎盘的单个或多个受体作用,在黏附及免疫逃避中起关键的作用。每个单倍体基因组var基因家族编码约60种成员,通过启动转录不同的var基因变异体为抗原变异提供了分子基础。

18,940 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
14 Aug 2003-Nature
TL;DR: By altering the structure of a metal's surface, the properties of surface plasmons—in particular their interaction with light—can be tailored, which could lead to miniaturized photonic circuits with length scales that are much smaller than those currently achieved.
Abstract: Surface plasmons are waves that propagate along the surface of a conductor. By altering the structure of a metal's surface, the properties of surface plasmons--in particular their interaction with light--can be tailored, which offers the potential for developing new types of photonic device. This could lead to miniaturized photonic circuits with length scales that are much smaller than those currently achieved. Surface plasmons are being explored for their potential in subwavelength optics, data storage, light generation, microscopy and bio-photonics.

10,689 citations

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06 Apr 2001-Science
TL;DR: These experiments directly confirm the predictions of Maxwell's equations that n is given by the negative square root ofɛ·μ for the frequencies where both the permittivity and the permeability are negative.
Abstract: We present experimental scattering data at microwave frequencies on a structured metamaterial that exhibits a frequency band where the effective index of refraction (n) is negative. The material consists of a two-dimensional array of repeated unit cells of copper strips and split ring resonators on interlocking strips of standard circuit board material. By measuring the scattering angle of the transmitted beam through a prism fabricated from this material, we determine the effective n, appropriate to Snell's law. These experiments directly confirm the predictions of Maxwell's equations that n is given by the negative square root of epsilon.mu for the frequencies where both the permittivity (epsilon) and the permeability (mu) are negative. Configurations of geometrical optical designs are now possible that could not be realized by positive index materials.

8,477 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that microstructures built from nonmagnetic conducting sheets exhibit an effective magnetic permeability /spl mu/sub eff/, which can be tuned to values not accessible in naturally occurring materials.
Abstract: We show that microstructures built from nonmagnetic conducting sheets exhibit an effective magnetic permeability /spl mu//sub eff/, which can be tuned to values not accessible in naturally occurring materials, including large imaginary components of /spl mu//sub eff/. The microstructure is on a scale much less than the wavelength of radiation, is not resolved by incident microwaves, and uses a very low density of metal so that structures can be extremely lightweight. Most of the structures are resonant due to internal capacitance and inductance, and resonant enhancement combined with compression of electrical energy into a very small volume greatly enhances the energy density at critical locations in the structure, easily by factors of a million and possibly by much more. Weakly nonlinear materials placed at these critical locations will show greatly enhanced effects raising the possibility of manufacturing active structures whose properties can be switched at will between many states.

8,135 citations

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TL;DR: Recent advances at the intersection of plasmonics and photovoltaics are surveyed and an outlook on the future of solar cells based on these principles is offered.
Abstract: The emerging field of plasmonics has yielded methods for guiding and localizing light at the nanoscale, well below the scale of the wavelength of light in free space. Now plasmonics researchers are turning their attention to photovoltaics, where design approaches based on plasmonics can be used to improve absorption in photovoltaic devices, permitting a considerable reduction in the physical thickness of solar photovoltaic absorber layers, and yielding new options for solar-cell design. In this review, we survey recent advances at the intersection of plasmonics and photovoltaics and offer an outlook on the future of solar cells based on these principles.

8,028 citations