Tunable hybrid metasurfaces for MRI applications

Alena V. Shchelokova*, Alexey P. Slobozhanyuk, Irina V. Melchakova, Stanislav B. Glybovski, Andrew G. Webb, Yuri S. Kivshar, Pavel A. Belov

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    Abstract

    One of many exciting application of metasurfaces is in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Here we demonstrate theoretically and experimentally how to improve substantially the MRI sensitivity by employing the concept of hybrid metasurfaces. We design a novel hybrid metasurface as an array of nonmagnetic metallic wires with high-permittivity dielectric blocks at the edges. We demonstrate that tunability of this metasurface can be achieved via a change of the effective permittivity of blocks near the edges. Moreover, altering the coupling strength between the dielectric and metallic elements allows to obtain nearly homogeneous shapes of the near-field magnetic modes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of International Conference on Metamaterials and Nanophotonics, METANANO 2017
    EditorsAleksandr Kuchmizhak, Sergey Makarov, Pavel Belov, Andrei Lavrinenko, Andrey Miroshnichenko, Alexey Slobozhanyuk, Mikhail Lapine
    PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
    ISBN (Electronic)9780735415546
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 14 Sept 2017
    EventInternational Conference on Metamaterials and Nanophotonics, METANANO 2017 - Vladivostok, Russian Federation
    Duration: 18 Sept 201722 Sept 2017

    Publication series

    NameAIP Conference Proceedings
    Volume1874
    ISSN (Print)0094-243X
    ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Metamaterials and Nanophotonics, METANANO 2017
    Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
    CityVladivostok
    Period18/09/1722/09/17

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