Surface modes of negative-parameter interfaces and the importance of rounding sharp corners

Metamaterials

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 113-121

  Wallén, Henrik ^a   Kettunen, Henrik ^a   Sihvola, Ari ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Edge singularity; Negative material parameters; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849086640     PISSN: 18731988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metmat.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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