Guided modes near the Dirac point in negative-zero-positive index metamaterial waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 12779-12787

  Shen, Ming ^a   Ruan, Lin Xu ^a   Chen, Xi ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; METAMATERIALS;

ANGULAR FREQUENCIES; CLASSICAL MOTION; DIRAC POINT; ELECTRON WAVE; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GRAPHICAL METHODS; GUIDED MODES; OPTICAL FIELD; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 77953592704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.012779     Document Type: Article

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