Critical opalescence in hyperbolic metamaterials

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Smolyaninov, Igor I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

critical opalescence; hyperbolic metamaterial; Planck scale

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BLACK HOLES; CRITICAL OPALESCENCE; DIELECTRIC COMPONENTS; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; PLANCK SCALE; SPACE TIME;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 83755177824     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/12/125101     Document Type: Article

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