Bi-layer cross chiral structure with strong optical activity and negative refractive index

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 14172-14179

  Dong, Jianfeng ^a,b   Zhou, Jiangfeng ^b,c   Koschny, Thomas ^b,d   Soukoulis, Costas ^b,d  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHROISM;

BI-LAYER; CHIRAL STRUCTURES; DIELECTRIC LAYER; INFRARED COMMUNICATION; NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; POLARIZATION ROTATION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILVER;

EID: 68349125371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014172     Document Type: Article

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