Gain assisted nanocomposite multilayers with near zero permittivity modulus at visible frequencies

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Rizza, Carlo ^a,b   Di Falco, Andrea ^c   Ciattoni, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR SPIN ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEDIUM; IMAGINARY PARTS; NEAR-ZERO PERMITTIVITY; OPTICAL STEERING; OPTICALLY PUMPED DYE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; VISIBLE FREQUENCIES; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

PERMITTIVITY;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 82955194827     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3665414     Document Type: Article

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