Double-resonant optical materials with embedded metal nanostructures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-542

  Gabitov, Ildar R ^a,b   Indik, Robert A ^a   Litchinitser, Natalia M ^c   Maimistov, Andrei I ^d   Shalaev, Vladimir M ^e   Soneson, Joshua E ^f  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^e Purdue University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DOUBLE-RESONANT OPTICAL MATERIALS; EQUATIONS MODELING; LINEAR MAGNETIZATION; MAXWELL-BLOCH MODEL; METAL NANOSTRUCTURES; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PULSES;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 33645746680     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000535     Document Type: Article

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