Silver dielectric stack with near-zero epsilon at a visible wavelength

2009 IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference, NMDC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 148-153

  Karri, Jyothi ^a   Mickelson, Alan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Epsilon Near Zero (ENZ); Plasmonic; Reflectivity; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; DIELECTRIC STACK; FILTER PROPERTIES; GLASS SLABS; MAXWELL-GARNETT; REAL PART; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; SILVER LAYER; STACK GEOMETRY; THEORETICAL RESULT; THIN-FILM COATINGS; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; ZERO-CROSSINGS;

GARNETS; GLASS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMONS; POLYIMIDES; REFLECTION; SILVER;

COATINGS;

EID: 70449623244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NMDC.2009.5167560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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