Negative refractive index in chiral spiral metamaterials at terahertz frequencies

Optik

Volumn 122, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1676-1679

  He, Mingxia ^a   Han, Jiaguang ^a,b   Tian, Zhen ^a   Gu, Jianqiang ^a   Xing, Qirong ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chiral metamaterial; Negative refractive index; Terahertz frequency

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL METAMATERIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MULTI-LAYERED; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPIRAL STRUCTURES; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ DEVICE; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCY;

LIGHT REFRACTION; METAMATERIALS; REFRACTOMETERS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 79961022612     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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