Stochastic optimization of low-loss optical negative-index metamaterial

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Kildishev, Alexander V ^a   Chettiar, Uday K ^a   Liu, Zhengtong ^a   Shalaev, Vladimir M ^a   Kwon, Do Hoon ^b   Bayraktar, Zikri ^b   Werner, Douglas H ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVELENGTH;

NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL METAMATERIAL; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 36949012034     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000A34     Document Type: Article

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