Perfect imaging, epsilon-near zero phenomena and waveguiding in the scope of nonlocal effects

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  David, C ^a,b   Mortensen, N A ^b   Christensen, J ^b,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; PROCEDURES; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84883359126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02526     Document Type: Article

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