Asymmetric fishnet metamaterials with strong optical activity

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 10776-10787

  Zhang, Yong Liang ^a   Jin, Wei ^a,b   Dong, Xian Zi ^a   Zhao, Zhen Sheng ^a   Duan, Xuan Ming ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b XI AN UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ASYMMETRIC GEOMETRY; CHIRAL METAMATERIALS; DIELECTRIC SPACINGS; DOUBLE LAYER STRUCTURE; DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; ELLIPTICAL HOLES; ENHANCED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HYBRIDIZED MODES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; PERIODIC LATTICES; POLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; POLARIZATION RESPONSE; POLARIZATION ROTATING; POLARIZATION ROTATION; RECIPROCAL LATTICE VECTORS; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE;

METAMATERIALS;

METAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84861112222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.010776     Document Type: Article

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