Low-index metamaterial designs in the visible spectrum

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9267-9272

  Kwon, Do Hoon ^a   Werner, Douglas H ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INDEX OF REFRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONATORS; METAMATERIAL DESIGNS;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 34547516314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009267     Document Type: Article

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