Circular dichroism in double-layer metallic crossed-gratings

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Gao, Wensheng ^a   Leung, Ho Ming ^a   Li, Yunhui ^a,b,c   Chen, Hong ^b,c   Tam, Wing Yim ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

metamaterials; optical activity

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GOLD; METAMATERIALS; PARALLEL FLOW;

ANTI-PARALLEL CURRENTS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; CROSSED GRATINGS; DIRECT-WRITE TECHNIQUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; FINITE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUE; LIFT-OFF PROCESS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY;

DICHROISM;

EID: 80755171529     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/11/115101     Document Type: Article

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