Backward wave propagation in left-handed media with isotropic and anisotropic permittivity tensors

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2377-2382

  Woodley, Jonathan ^a   Mojahedi, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TENSORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPIC PERMITTIVITY TENSORS; BACKWARD WAVE PROPAGATION; ISOTROPIC PERMITTIVITY TENSORS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 33846002777     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002377     Document Type: Article

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