Total external reflection from metamaterials with ultralow refractive index

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2448-2453

  Schwartz, Brian T ^a   Piestun, Rafael ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VACUUM;

METAL-DIELECTRIC NANOSTRUCTURES; METAMATERIALS; TOTAL EXTERNAL REFLECTION; ULTRALOW REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0347653176     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002448     Document Type: Article

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