Demonstration of metal-dielectric negative-index metamaterials with improved performance at optical frequencies

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 434-438

  Zhang, Shuang ^a   Fan, Wenjun ^a   Malloy, Kevin J ^a   Brueck, Steven R J ^a   Panoiu, Nicolae C ^b   Osgood, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FREQUENCIES; METAL CLADDING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES;

AIR-SUBSTRATE CLADDINGS; LOW-LOSS NEGATIVE-INDEX METAMATERIAL; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL FREQUENCIES;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 33645736603     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000434     Document Type: Article

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