Hiding objects and obtaining Fano resonances in indexnear-zero and epsilon-near-zero metamaterials with Bragg-fiber-like defects

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1878-1884

  Wang, Tingting ^a,b   Luo, Jie ^a   Gao, Lei ^a   Xu, Ping ^a   Lai, Yun ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Computer Engineering Suzhou   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; DEFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; METAMATERIALS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

BAND-GAP REGION; DIELECTRIC CORE; EPSILON-NEAR ZEROS; FANO RESONANCES; MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS; TOTAL REFLECTION; TOTAL TRANSMISSION; ULTRASENSITIVE SENSORS;

RESONANCE;

EID: 84879920162     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.001878     Document Type: Article

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