Negative refractive index in optics of metal-dielectric composites

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 423-433

  Kildishev, Alexander V ^a   Cai, Wenshan ^a   Chettiar, Uday K ^a   Yuan, Hsiao Kuan ^a   Sarychev, Andrey K ^a   Drachev, Vladimir P ^a   Shalaev, Vladimir M ^a,b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b Ethertronics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC FILMS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; STRIP METAL;

METAL-DIELECTRIC COMPOSITES; NANORODS; OPTICAL RANGE;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 33645796867     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000423     Document Type: Article

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