Inducing transparency with large magnetic response and group indices by hybrid dielectric metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 6952-6960

  Chen, Cheng Kuang ^a   Lai, Yueh Chun ^a   Yang, Yu Hang ^a   Chen, Chia Yun ^b   Yen, Ta Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RESONATORS; TRANSPARENCY;

BANDWIDTH DELAY PRODUCT; GROUP INDEX; HYBRID DIELECTRICS; HYBRID STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; TRAPPED MODES;

METAMATERIALS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPEDANCE; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84859385928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.006952     Document Type: Article

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