Light splitting effects in chiral metamaterials

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Wongkasem, N ^a,b   Akyurtlu, A ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiral; Metamaterials; Negative refractive index

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PARAMETERS; EVANESCENT WAVE; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LIGHT SPLITTING; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; NEW STUDY; CHIRAL; CHIRAL METAMATERIAL; CHIRAL METAMATERIALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT REFRACTION; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; METAMATERIALS;

EID: 75849163269     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/3/035101     Document Type: Article

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