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Structure-property relations in negative permittivity reststrahlen materials for IR metamaterial applications

Ihlefeld, Jon I.; Ginn, James C.; Rodriguez, Marko A.; Kotula, Paul G.; Clem, Paul G.; Sinclair, Michael B.

We will present a study of the structure-property relations in Reststrahlen materials that possess a band of negative permittivities in the infrared. It will be shown that sub-micron defects strongly affect the optical response, resulting in significantly diminished permittivities. This work has implications on the use of ionic materials in IR-metamaterials.