Negative refraction and the minimum lattice cell size

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 927-936

  Tsukerman, Igor ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; LIGHT REFRACTION;

ARTIFICIAL PERIODIC STRUCTURES; BACKWARD WAVES; EIGENFREQUENCY; FOURIER DECOMPOSITION; NEGATIVE REFRACTIONS; NEGATIVE-INDEX LENS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; VACUUM WAVELENGTH;

REFRACTION;

EID: 50649113962     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000927     Document Type: Article

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