Synthesizing low loss negative index metamaterial stacks for the mid-infrared using genetic algorithms

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 14771-14779

  Bossard, Jeremy A ^a   Yun, Seokho ^a   Werner, Douglas H ^a   Mayer, Theresa S ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); INFRARED DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BULK MATERIALS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FIGURE OF MERITS; IMPEDANCE MATCH; IMPEDANCE MISMATCH; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; NEGATIVE INDEX METAMATERIAL; ROBUST GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

METAMATERIALS;

IMIDE; METAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMIDES; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 69049106495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014771     Document Type: Article

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