Zero phase delay in negative-refractive-index photonic crystal superlattices

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Kocaman, S ^a   Aras, M S ^a   Hsieh, P ^a   McMillan, J F ^a   Biris, C G ^b   Panoiu, N C ^b   Yu, M B ^c   Kwong, D L ^c   Stein, A ^d   Wong, C W ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 79960963421     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.129     Document Type: Article

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