Metamirror channel structures: Optical properties

A new kind of metamaterial based on hierarchically organized mirror channels with partially reflecting walls, metamirror structures (MMS), is proposed. Properties of MMS are close to those exhibited by left-handed materials, despite the difference in underlying physical mechanisms. Transmission and reflection of rays are considered for different MMS geometries and types. It is shown that a one-step reflective 2D MMS based on rectangular elementary unit cells, being properly curved, possess the properties of a lens, and a generalized law describing MMS-based lenses is presented. If the MMS have relatively small sizes of unit cells (from one to tens of micrometers), then they may be treated as solid materials with anomalous optical properties in a wide range from visible and near-infrared up to UV wavelengths. It is concluded that MMS features may be observed in metamaterials of other kinds.