On limitations of the Bruggeman formalism for inverse homogenization

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Jamaian, Siti S ^a   MacKay, Tom G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruggeman; inverse homogenization; Maxwell Garnett; metamaterials

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; NANOPHOTONICS;

BRUGGEMAN; BRUGGEMAN FORMALISM; HOMOGENIZED COMPOSITES; INVERSE HOMOGENIZATION; MAXWELL GARNETT FORMALISM; MAXWELL-GARNETT; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; TWO-COMPONENT;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 80455178652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3460908     Document Type: Article

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