Experimental characterization of the dispersive behavior in a uniaxial metamaterial around plasma frequency

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 22631-22636

  Ye, Dexin ^a   Qiao, Shan ^a   Huangfu, Jiangtao ^a   Ran, Lixin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY BANDS; METAMATERIALS; PHASE VELOCITY; PLASMAS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIRECTIVITY; DISPERSION DIAGRAMS; DISPERSIVE BEHAVIORS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREE SPACE; IN-PHASE; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MATERIAL LOSS; NARROW FREQUENCY BAND; NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY; NEGATIVE PHASE; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PARAMETER RETRIEVAL; PLASMA FREQUENCIES; REAL PART; RESONANT REGIONS; SPEED OF LIGHT; ULTRA-FAST;

PLASMA WAVES;

EID: 78149367105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022631     Document Type: Article

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