A comparison of graphene, superconductors and metals as conductors for metamaterials and plasmonics

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Tassin, Philippe ^a   Koschny, Thomas ^a   Kafesaki, Maria ^b   Soukoulis, Costas M ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

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EID: 84859423440     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.27     Document Type: Article

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