On the unambiguous determination of effective optical properties of periodic metamaterials: A one-dimensional case study

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mortensen, Niels Asger ^a   Yan, Min ^a,b   Sigmund, Ole ^a   Breinbjerg, Olav ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bloch waves; Homogenization theory; Metamaterials

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BLOCH STATE; BLOCH WAVES; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; FOURIER SPECTRA; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HOMOGENIZATION THEORY; NEAR BAND EDGE; STRONG RESONANCE;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 79954990384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2010.10010     Document Type: Article

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