A terahertz metamaterial with unnaturally high refractive index

Nature

Volumn 470, Issue 7334, 2011, Pages 369-373

  Choi, Muhan ^a,b   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a   Kim, Yushin ^a   Kang, Seung Beom ^b   Shin, Jonghwa ^a   Kwak, Min Hwan ^b   Kang, Kwang Young ^b   Lee, Yong Hee ^a   Park, Namkyoo ^c   Min, Bumki ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD SULFIDE; POLYIMIDE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS; METAMATERIAL; OPTICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR; TERAHERTZ METAMATERIAL;

EID: 79951797274     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09776     Document Type: Article

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