Silver square nanospirals mimic optical properties of U-shaped metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 16335-16344

  Gallas, B ^a   Robbie, K ^b   Abdeddaim R ^c   Guida, G ^d   Yang, J ^b   Rivory, J ^a   Priou, A ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^d UNIV PARIS NANTERRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; METAMATERIALS; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; SILVER; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY;

ANTI-PARALLEL CURRENTS; CURRENT FLOWS; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; MAIN PARAMETERS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; NORMAL INCIDENCE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POLARIZATION STATE; PRINCIPAL RESONANCE; RESONANT MODE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; U-SHAPED;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOMATERIAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; RADIATION SCATTERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILVER;

EID: 77955641556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016335     Document Type: Article

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