Directive emission based on one-dimensional metal heterostructures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Luo, Jie ^a   Xu, Ping ^a   Gao, Lei ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES;

CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; EPSILON-NEAR ZEROS; HIGH TRANSMISSION; LONG-WAVELENGTH LIMITS; OPTICAL REGIONS; TRANSVERSE ELECTRICS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84855410305     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000035     Document Type: Article

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