Optical loss compensation in a bulk left-handed metamaterial by the gain in quantum dots

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Dong, Zheng Gao ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Li, Tao ^b   Zhu, Zhi Hong ^b   Wang, Shu Ming ^b   Cao, Jing Xiao ^b   Zhu, Shi Ning ^b   Zhang, X ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; FISHNET STRUCTURE; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; GAIN MEDIUM; LEFT HANDED METAMATERIAL; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY; QUANTUM DOT; SURFACE PLASMONS; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS;

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; METAMATERIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 75749093915     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3302409     Document Type: Article

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