Superlenses, metamaterials, and negative refraction

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-84

  Ferrari, José A ^a   Perciante, César D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COHERENT INTERFERENCES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; LEFT-HANDED MATERIALS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIONS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIALS; RESONATOR ARRAYS; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; SUPER-LENSES; SUPERLENSING;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 60849112294     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.000078     Document Type: Article

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