Wedge-shaped metal-dielectric composite metamaterials for light control

Metamaterials

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 170-174

  Yan, Changchun ^a   Li, Dongdong ^a   Zhang, Dao Hua ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

41.20.Jb; 73.20.Mf; 78.20.Ci; Directions of light; Sub wavelength information; Wedge shaped composite

Indexed keywords

41.20.JB; 73.20.MF; 78.20.CI; DIRECTIONS OF LIGHT; SUB-WAVELENGTH; WEDGE-SHAPED COMPOSITE;

METAMATERIALS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 78649698223     PISSN: 18731988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metmat.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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