Group theoretical description of artificial electromagnetic metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1639-1646

  Padilla, Willie J ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR INTEGRATED NANOTECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; MAGNETIC METAMATERIALS; METAMATERIALS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33847233953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.001639     Document Type: Article

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