Realization of an all-dielectric zero-index optical metamaterial

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 791-795

  Moitra, Parikshit ^a   Yang, Yuanmu ^a   Anderson, Zachary ^b   Kravchenko, Ivan I ^c   Briggs, Dayrl P ^c   Valentine, Jason ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SELECTIVITY; DEVICE APPLICATION; DIRECTIONAL EMISSION; METALLIC INCLUSIONS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; TRANSVERSE-MAGNETIC POLARIZED LIGHTS; ULTRA-HIGH INDEX;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84885020593     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.214     Document Type: Article

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