Numerical study of a dualband negative index material with polarization independence in the middle infrared regime

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 224-228

  Cheng, Dengmu ^a   Chen, Haiyan ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Zhang, Huibin ^a   Xie, Jianliang ^a   Deng, Longjiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

DOUBLE SQUARE; DUAL-BAND; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MIDDLE INFRARED; NEGATIVE INDEX MATERIAL; NEGATIVE INDEX METAMATERIAL; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENCE; THIN WIRES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84871821407     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.000224     Document Type: Article

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