Casimir-lifshitz theory and metamaterials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Rosa, F S S ^a   Dalvit, D A R ^a   Milonni, P W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC DISSIPATION; METAMATERIALS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 43249111350     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.183602     Document Type: Article

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