Chiral metamaterials: From optical activity and negative refractive index to asymmetric transmission

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Li, Zhaofeng ^a   Mutlu, Mehmet ^a   Ozbay, Ekmel ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHROISM; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSMISSIONS;

ASYMMETRIC TRANSMISSIONS; CHIRAL METAMATERIAL; CHIRAL METAMATERIALS; CHIRAL STRUCTURES; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPLIT RING RESONATOR;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84873346473     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/2/023001     Document Type: Review

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