Towards -1 effective index with one-dimensional metal-dielectric metamaterial: A quantitative analysis of the role of absorption losses

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 7720-7729

  Zhang, Jinlong ^a,b   Jiang, Haitao ^a,c   Gralak, Boris ^a   Enoch, Stefan ^a   Tayeb, Gérard ^a   Lequime, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION LOSSES; BLOCH MODES; METAMATERIAL; OPTICAL INDEX;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34250205254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007720     Document Type: Article

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