Numerical demonstration of a three-dimensional negative-index metamaterial at optical frequencies

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Gong, Boyi ^a   Zhao, Xiaopeng ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPHERES;

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; DRUDE MODELS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; INCIDENT FIELDS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; NEGATIVE VALUES; NEGATIVE-INDEX; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL RANGE; PARAMETRIC CURVE; ROD-SHAPED; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); UNIT CELLS; VISIBLE REGION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78651351882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000289     Document Type: Article

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