Tailoring dispersion for broadband low-loss optical metamaterials using deep-subwavelength inclusions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Zhi Hao ^a   Yun, Seokho ^a   Lin, Lan ^a   Bossard, Jeremy A ^a   Werner, Douglas H ^a   Mayer, Theresa S ^a  

^a The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

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EID: 84875777082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01571     Document Type: Article

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