Anomalies of subdiffractive guided wave propagation along metamaterial nanocomponents

Radio Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Alù, Andrea ^a   Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION; BACKWARD MODES; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CROSS SECTION; CYLINDRICAL INTERFACES; CYLINDRICAL WAVEGUIDE; GUIDED MODES; GUIDED WAVE PROPAGATION; INFRARED PROPAGATION; LOWER FREQUENCIES; NANO-DEVICES; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; PLASMONIC METAMATERIALS; POWER FLOWS; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SUB-DIFFRACTION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SYMMETRIC MODE;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; METAMATERIALS; PLASMONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 70350022751     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007RS003691     Document Type: Article

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