Manipulate the Transmissions Using Index-Near-Zero or Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials with Coated Defects

Plasmonics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-358

  Luo, Jie ^a   Xu, Ping ^a   Gao, Lei ^a   Lai, Yun ^a   Chen, Huanyang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epsilon near zero metamaterials; Index near zero metamaterials; Ultrasensitive sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864113718     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9314-4     Document Type: Article

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