Homogenization of Dispersive Spacetime Crystals: Anomalous Dispersion and Negative Stored Energy
arXiv:2306.11194 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.108.035119
Abstract
We introduce a homogenization approach to characterize the dynamical response of a generic dispersive spacetime crystal in the long-wavelength limit. The theory is applied to dispersive spacetime platforms with a travelling-wave modulation. It is shown that for long wavelengths the effective response may be described by a frequency dependent permittivity. Due to the active nature of spacetime systems, the permittivity is not bound by the same constraints as in standard time-invariant metamaterials. In particular, we find that dispersive spacetime crystals can exhibit rather peculiar physics, such as an anomalous (non-Foster) permittivity dispersion with a negative stored energy density, alternate between gain and loss regimes, and present multiple resonances in the quasistatic regime. Furthermore, it is verified with numerical simulations that the effective theory captures faithfully the exact dispersion of the first few photonic bands.
arXiv comment"in press" at Physical Review B, 43 pages, 8 figures
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