A negative refractive index metamaterial based on a cubic array of layered nonmagnetic spherical particles

Progress In Electromagnetics Research B

Volumn , Issue 33, 2011, Pages 175-202

  Kuester, Edward F ^a   Memic N ^a   Shen, S ^a   Scher, A ^a   Kim, S ^a   Kumley, K ^a   Loui, H ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DOUBLE NEGATIVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; LOW LOSS; METAL SPHERES; METALLIC SCATTERERS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX METAMATERIAL; NEGATIVE-INDEX; NONMAGNETICS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

LIGHT REFRACTION; METAMATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SPHERES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 80052353053     PISSN: 19376472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERB11042206     Document Type: Article

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