Nanometre optical coatings based on strong interference effects in highly absorbing media

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-24

  Kats, Mikhail A ^a   Blanchard, Romain ^a   Genevet, Patrice ^a   Capasso, Federico ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING DIELECTRICS; ABSORBING FILMS; ABSORBING MATERIALS; ABSORBING MEDIA; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ANTI-REFLECTION; DIELECTRIC COATINGS; FREQUENCY RANGES; INCIDENT LIGHT; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; LOW SENSITIVITY; METALLIC MATERIAL; METALLIC SUBSTRATE; NANOMETRES; STRONG INTERFERENCE; TRANSPARENT LAYERS; ULTRA-THIN; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISUAL ARTS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL COATINGS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 84871336299     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3443     Document Type: Article

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