Study of tunable negative index metamaterials based on phase-change materials

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 439-444

  Cao, Tun ^a   Simpson, Robert E ^c   Cryan, Martin J ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GERMANIUM; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

MID-INFRARED SPECTRAL REGIONS; NANOHOLE ARRAYS; NEGATIVE INDEX METAMATERIAL; OPTICAL PARAMETER; OPTICAL RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL STATE; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

GOLD;

EID: 84874425058     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.000439     Document Type: Article

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