Exotic properties and potential applications of quantum metamaterials

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 781-788

  Fleury, Romain ^a   Alù, Andrea ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL; EMISSION PROPERTIES; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; EXOTIC PROPERTIES; MATTER WAVES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; TUNNELING PHENOMENA; WAVE PROPERTIES;

BAND STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84870236884     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-012-7345-0     Document Type: Article

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